CHAPTER 616
MISCELLANEOUS INSURERS
SUBCHAPTER I
SCHOOL BENEFIT PLANS
616.03 Designation of a mutual insurer as a school benefit insurer.
616.06 Continuation of existing school benefit plans.
616.07 Certificate of authority.
616.08 Organization of new insurers.
616.09 Applicability of other statutes.
616.10 Exemption from taxation.
616.14 Limitations applicable to plans under s.
616.06.
616.18 Restrictions on transactions.
616.20 Conversion of plans under s.
616.06 to mutuals under ch.
611 or service insurance corporations under ch.
613.
SUBCHAPTER III
PROPERTY SERVICE CONTRACTS
616.54 Requirements for doing business.
616.56 Form filing and required disclosures.
616.60 Record-keeping requirements.
SUBCHAPTER IV
MOTOR CLUB SERVICE CONTRACTS
616.71 Motor club service; definitions.
616.72 License to sell motor club service.
616.74 Manner of obtaining company license; fee.
616.76 Form of service contract.
616.77 Execution of service contract.
616.78 Contents of contract.
616.79 Only agents to solicit business.
616.80 Misrepresentations forbidden.
616.81 Company always bound by contract.
Ch. 616 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See definitions in ss.
600.03,
610.01 and
628.02.
SCHOOL BENEFIT PLANS
616.03
616.03
Designation of a mutual insurer as a school benefit insurer. A mutual insurer engaged in no activities other than those specified in s.
616.06 may apply to the commissioner for designation as a school benefit insurer. If the commissioner finds that the insurer is engaged in no other activities, the commissioner shall declare it to be a school benefit insurer. As long as the insurer's activities are thus restricted and it uses the term “school benefit" or its equivalent in its name, it is deemed to be operating under this subchapter, within the meaning of s.
601.31 (2) and shall have the tax exemptions under s.
616.10.
616.03 History
History: 1979 c. 261;
1981 c. 314 s.
146.
616.06
616.06
Continuation of existing school benefit plans. A plan directed by schools or school authorities in this state, which was organized under s.
185.991, 1977 stats., prior to May 11, 1980 and is operating on a nonprofit basis without capital stock, may continue to operate under this subchapter, if its purpose is exclusively to provide benefits for accidental injury to or accidental death of pupils attending the school.
616.06 History
History: 1979 c. 261.
616.07
616.07
Certificate of authority. 616.07(1)(1)
Issuance. Within 90 days after May 11, 1980, each plan authorized under s.
616.06 shall apply to the commissioner for a certificate of authority to continue the business it was doing on that date. The commissioner shall issue the certificate unless the commissioner finds after a hearing that the plan is in substantial or willful noncompliance with the law. No charge may be made for the initial issuance of the certificate under this subsection.
616.07(2)
(2)
Termination. A certificate issued under sub.
(1) remains in force until it is revoked after a hearing for a substantial violation of chs.
600 to
646.
616.07 History
History: 1979 c. 261;
1981 c. 314.
616.08
616.08
Organization of new insurers. 616.08(1)(1)
General. Except as provided in sub.
(2), new insurers may be organized exclusively for the purposes stated in s.
616.06 pursuant to the procedures for mutual insurers specified in ch.
611.
616.08(2)(b)
(b) After issuance of the certificate of authority, incorporators of an insurer under this section who have advanced money or incurred obligations for the reasonable and authorized expenses of organization may be reimbursed in cash from the proceeds of subscriptions for bonds and contribution notes, on itemized receipts audited by the commissioner. The total reimbursement may not exceed 5 percent of the amount received for the bonds and notes.
616.08(2)(c)
(c) Upon request by the incorporators, the commissioner may modify any requirements in the organizational process specified in ch.
611 if the commissioner considers the modification justified by the simplicity of the proposed operation or by the circumstances surrounding the organizational process.
616.08 History
History: 1979 c. 261.
616.09
616.09
Applicability of other statutes. 616.09(1)(1)
Existing organizations under s. 616.06. 616.09(1)(a)2.
2. Plans authorized under s.
616.06 are subject to s.
610.21, 1977 stats., s.
610.55, 1977 stats., s.
610.57, 1977 stats., and ss.
628.34 to
628.39, 1977 stats., to chs.
600,
601,
620,
625,
627 and
645, to ss.
632.72,
632.755,
632.861, and
632.87, and to this subchapter except s.
616.08.
616.09(1)(c)1.1. Plans authorized under s.
616.06 are subject to ch.
185 or
193, as applicable, except that ss.
185.03 (5) and
(6),
185.05 (1) (c),
185.55,
185.61,
185.62,
185.63,
185.64,
185.71 to
185.76,
185.81,
193.215 (2) (a) 2.,
193.225,
193.301 (9),
193.801,
193.805,
193.905 to
193.971, and those provisions applicable to cooperatives or unincorporated cooperative associations with stock do not apply.
616.09(1)(c)2.
2. In all actions commenced after May 11, 1980, in those provisions of ch.
185 which apply under subd.
1. to plans authorized under s.
616.06, “department" shall be deemed to read “department of financial institutions and commissioner", except in s.
185.48, where “department" shall be deemed to read “commissioner".
616.09(1)(d)1.
1. File with the commissioner for approval its rules and regulations and schedules of the benefits contemplated, together with the forms of agreement entered into with students, parents, guardians or others;
616.09(1)(d)2.
2. File with the commissioner its constitution and bylaws; and
616.09(1)(d)3.
3. Maintain sufficient reserves to discharge its obligations and for any prepayment of dues or fees collected.
616.09(2)
(2)
Corporations organized under s. 616.08. 616.09(2)(a)
(a) Except as provided in par.
(b), corporations organized under s.
616.08 are subject to all applicable provisions of chs.
600 to
646.
616.10
616.10
Exemption from taxation. Every mutual designated a school benefit insurer under s.
616.03, every plan authorized under s.
616.06, and every corporation organized under s.
616.08 is declared to be a charitable and benevolent corporation, and its property, real, personal and mixed, and its income and property transferred to it, are exempt from taxation as provided in ss.
70.11,
71.26 (1) (a) and
71.45 (1) (a).
616.14
616.14
Limitations applicable to plans under s. 616.06. 616.14(1)(1)
Governing body. The governing body of a plan shall be the same as the governing body of the sponsoring organization, but must have at least 3 members. If the governing body of the sponsoring organization consists of fewer than 3 members, the governing body of the sponsoring organization shall appoint to the governing body of the plan the number of persons necessary to comply with this subsection. Appointments under this subsection shall be made under rules adopted by the governing body of the sponsoring organization.
616.14(2)
(2)
Size. No plan under s.
616.03,
616.06 or
616.08 may operate unless the plan covers a number of students large enough to give stability to its loss experience.
616.14 History
History: 1979 c. 261.
616.18
616.18
Restrictions on transactions. 616.18(1)(1)
Voidable transactions. Any material transaction between a plan or corporation authorized under this subchapter and one or more of its management or members of its governing board, or with any person in a position to influence the vote of any member of its governing board or the decision of any of its management or with any person having power to control the plan or corporation is voidable by the plan or corporation unless:
616.18(1)(a)
(a) The transaction at the time it is entered into is reasonable and fair to the interests of the plan or corporation and its members;
616.18(1)(b)
(b) The transaction has, with full knowledge of its terms and of the interests involved, been approved in advance by the governing board or by the members; and
616.18(1)(c)
(c) The transaction has been reported to the commissioner immediately after approval under par.
(b).
616.18(2)(a)(a) This section does not apply to policies of insurance issued by the plan or corporation in the normal course of its business.
616.18(2)(b)
(b) The commissioner may by rule exempt other classes of transactions from the reporting requirement of sub.
(1) (c), if the purposes of this section can be achieved without the report.
616.18 History
History: 1979 c. 261.
616.20
616.20
Conversion of plans under s. 616.06 to mutuals under ch. 611 or service insurance corporations under ch. 613. 616.20(1)(1)
Authorization. Under a proposal proposed by the officers of a plan operating under s.
616.06 and approved by the commissioner and by a majority of the members voting, the plan may be converted to a mutual under ch.
611 or a service insurance corporation under ch.
613.
