A domestic life insurance company may not:

Terms Used In North Dakota Code 26.1-05-31

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Person: means an individual, organization, government, political subdivision, or government agency or instrumentality. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • year: means twelve consecutive months. See North Dakota Code 1-01-33

1.    Pay any salary, compensation, or emolument to any senior officer, trustee, or director thereof, amounting in any one year to more than one hundred thousand dollars, unless the payment thereof first is authorized by the board of directors of the company.

2.    Grant any pension to any officer, director, or trustee thereof, or to any member of the officer’s, director’s, or trustee’s family after death, except that it may provide a pension in pursuance of the terms of a retirement plan adopted by the board of directors and approved by the commissioner for any person who is or has been a salaried officer or employee of the corporation and who may retire by reason of age or disability.