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Current as of April 27, 2021 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
(1) An insurance corporation formed under this chapter or existing on January 1, 1961, and of a type which might be formed under this chapter shall have the same capacity to act possessed by individuals but with authority to perform only such lawful acts as are necessary or proper to accomplish its purposes.
(2) Without affecting the authority contained in subsection (1) above, every such corporation shall have the following corporate powers:
(a) to have succession by its corporate name for the period stated in its articles;
(b) to sue and be sued in its corporate name;
(c) to adopt, use, and alter a corporate seal;
(d) to acquire, hold, sell, use, dispose of, pledge, or mortgage any such property as its purpose may require, subject to any limitation prescribed by law or the articles of incorporation;
(e) to transact insurance;
(f) to conduct its affairs through its directors, officers, employees, insurance producers, and representatives thereunto duly authorized;
(g) to make bylaws not inconsistent with law for the exercise of its corporate powers, the management, regulation, and government of its affairs and property, including but not limited to calling and holding of meetings of its directors or members, and to modify or amend such bylaws;
(h) to exercise, subject to law and the express provisions of the articles of incorporation, all such incidental and subsidiary powers as may be necessary or convenient to the attainment of the objectives set forth in such articles;
(i) to dissolve and wind up or be dissolved and wound up in the manner provided by law.
(3) An insurance corporation formed under this chapter may also form a subsidiary entity for the purpose of acting as an insurance producer, transacting insurance underwritten by other insurers. The subsidiary entity shall comply with the licensing requirements of chapter 17, as well as all other laws that apply to insurance producers. Funds used by an insurance corporation formed under this chapter for a subsidiary entity insurance producer are considered investments but are exempt from the requirements of 33-4-403.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Montana Title 33. Insurance and Insurance Companies § 33-4-103. Corporate powers in general - last updated April 27, 2021 | https://codes.findlaw.com/mt/title-33-insurance-and-insurance-companies/mt-code-ann-sect-33-4-103/
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