613.24 Segregated asset and special accounts. 613.28 Changes in business plan. 613.29 Amendment of articles. SUBCHAPTER III
SECURITIES OF SERVICE INSURANCE CORPORATIONS
613.31 Securities regulation. 613.33 Authorized securities. SUBCHAPTER IV
MANAGEMENT OF CORPORATIONS
613.40 Members and meetings. 613.41 Communications to members or policyholders and attendance at meetings. 613.51 Board of directors. 613.53 Policyholder or public members of board of directors. 613.54 Supervision of management changes. 613.55 Continuity of management in emergencies. 613.56 Committees of directors. 613.57 Interlocking directorates and other relationships. 613.58 Policyholders’ committee. 613.60 Transactions with affiliates in which directors and others are interested. 613.62 Directors’ and officers’ liability and indemnification. 613.63 Executive compensation. 613.66 Exclusive agency contracts. 613.67 Management contracts. SUBCHAPTER V
REORGANIZATION OF CORPORATIONS
613.72 Merger of service insurance corporations. 613.74 Voluntary dissolution of solvent service insurance corporations. 613.75 Conversion of a service insurance corporation into a stock or mutual insurance corporation. 613.78 Transfer of business or assets. SUBCHAPTER VI
SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS
613.80 Hospital service insurance corporations. 613.90 Vicarious liability. 613.92 Administrative agent. GENERAL PROVISIONS
613.01613.01 Definitions. In this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise: 613.01(1)(1) Articles of incorporation. “Articles of incorporation” has the meaning designated under s. 181.0103 (1). 613.01(2)(2) Board of directors. “Board of directors” has the meaning designated for “board” under s. 181.0103 (2). 613.01(4)(4) Director. “Director” includes “trustee”. 613.01(4m)(4m) Insurer. In any provision of the statutes made applicable to service insurance corporations by this chapter, “insurer” includes service insurance corporations, and the technical terms used in those statutes shall be applicable to service insurance corporations despite the customary use of other parallel terms by service insurance corporations. 613.01(5)(5) Nonprofit corporation. “Nonprofit corporation” has the meaning designated under s. 181.0103 (17). 613.01(7)(7) Officer. “Officer” does not include “director”. 613.01(8)(8) Department of financial institutions. In any provision of ch. 180 or 181 made applicable to service insurance corporations in this chapter, “department” means commissioner of insurance. 613.02613.02 Scope and purposes. 613.02(1)(1) Scope. This chapter applies only to corporations incorporated under the laws of this state. Corporations not incorporated under the laws of this state may not do business in this state under this chapter. 613.02(2)(2) Purposes. The purposes of this chapter are: 613.02(2)(a)(a) To create an effective and flexible legal framework within which insured service benefits may be provided with adequate protection to consumers; 613.02(2)(b)(b) To encourage innovation in insurance organization and marketing and the development of more economical and effective ways of providing services or combinations of indemnity and services; 613.02(2)(c)(c) To meet the special needs of service insurance corporations consistent so far as possible with the general framework of the corporation law of insurance; and 613.02(2)(d)(d) To ease the burden of payment for health care and other essential services by providing a method for creating alternative vehicles for providing them. 613.03613.03 Applicability of other laws to service insurance corporations. 613.03(1)(1) Chapter 181 generally inapplicable to service insurance corporations. Chapter 181 does not apply to service insurance corporations except as specifically made applicable by this chapter. 613.03(2)(2) Insurance corporation law. Whenever in this chapter a section, subsection or paragraph of ch. 611 is made applicable to service insurance corporations the application shall be of those portions of the section, subsection or paragraph of ch. 611 that apply to mutual corporations. 613.03(3)(3) Applicability of insurance laws. Except as otherwise specifically provided, service insurance corporations organized or operating under this chapter are subject to ss. 610.01, 610.11, 610.21, 610.23 and 610.24 and chs. 600, 601, 609, 617, 620, 623, 625, 627, 628, 631, 632, 635, 644 and 645 and to no other insurance laws. 613.04613.04 Orders imposing and eliminating restrictions. 613.04(1)(1) Orders imposing restrictions. The commissioner may subject an individual corporation not otherwise subject thereto to some or all of the restrictions of ss. 613.28, 613.33 (1) (a) and (b) and 611.54 (1) (b) as incorporated by s. 613.54, if the commissioner finds that its financial condition, management or other circumstance requires such additional regulation for the protection of the interests of insureds or the public. 613.04(2)(2) Orders eliminating restrictions. The commissioner may free a new corporation from any of the restrictions generally applicable only to new corporations under ss. 613.28, 613.33 (1) (a) and (b) and 611.54 (1) (b) as incorporated by s. 613.54, if the commissioner is satisfied that its financial condition, management or other circumstance gives assurance that the interests of insureds and the public will not be endangered thereby. 613.04 HistoryHistory: 1975 c. 223, 421. 613.07613.07 General corporate powers and procedures. 613.07(1)(1) Powers. Service insurance corporations have the powers specified under s. 181.0302. 613.07(2)(2) Effect of unauthorized corporate acts. Section 181.0304 applies to service insurance corporations. 613.07(4)(4) Waiver of notice and informal action by members or directors. Sections 181.0704 and 181.0706 apply to members of service insurance corporations and ss. 181.0821 and 181.0823 apply to the board of directors and committees of the board of directors of service insurance corporations. ORGANIZATION OF CORPORATIONS
613.10613.10 Reserved and registered names. A service insurance corporation may reserve or register a corporate name as provided in ss. 181.0402 and 181.0403 (2), (3) and (3m). 613.10 HistoryHistory: 1975 c. 223; 1997 a. 79. 613.11613.11 Incorporators. Any number of corporate or adult natural persons may organize a service insurance corporation under s. 613.13. 613.11 HistoryHistory: 1975 c. 223. 613.12613.12 Articles and bylaws. 613.12(1)(1) Contents of articles. The articles of a service insurance corporation shall conform to s. 181.0202, except that: 613.12(1)(a)(a) The name of the corporation shall include descriptive terms to indicate the general nature of the services or care to be provided, or a trade name that is generally understood as indicating such service or care, and shall comply with s. 181.0401 (2) to (4); 613.12(1)(am)(am) The articles shall include a statement that the corporation is a service insurance corporation organized under this chapter; 613.12(1)(b)(b) The purposes of the corporation shall be limited to those permitted in s. 610.21; 613.12(1)(c)(c) The services to be provided or for which indemnity is to be paid shall be generally described and shall be of the same kind as the services ordinarily provided by any members of the corporation in their profession or business, or of the persons entitled to designate members, and services ancillary thereto; 613.12(1)(d)(d) The articles shall state whether members or other providers of services are subject to assessments for the purpose of paying operating costs or financial deficits, the general conditions and procedures for levying such assessments and any limitations on the assessments that may be levied; 613.12(1)(e)(e) The articles shall state, for corporations having members, how persons may become members and that only members may vote; and
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