MCA Chapter 25

in effect

Miss. Code Ann. § 83-25-1 Charter, bylaws, rules, to be filed with commissioner.

Every corporation, company, society, organization, or association of this or of any other state or country transacting the business of life insurance upon the co-operative or assessment plan shall file with the commissioner of insurance, before commencing to do business in this state, a copy of its charter or articles of association, as well as the bylaws, rules, or regulations referred to in its policies or certificates and made a part of said contract. No bylaws or regulations, unless so filed with the commissioner, shall operate to avoid or affect any policy or certificate issued by such company or association.

Miss. Code Ann. § 83-25-3 Policies to agree with charter and bylaws.

Every policy or certificate or renewal receipt issued to a resident of the State of Mississippi by any corporation, association, or order therein transacting the business of life insurance upon the assessment plan shall be in accord with the provisions of the charter and bylaws of said corporation, association, or order, as filed with the commissioner of insurance. It shall be unlawful for any domestic or foreign insurance company or fraternal order to transact or offer to transact any business not authorized by the provisions of their charter and the terms of their bylaws, or through an agent, or otherwise to offer or issue any policy, renewal, certificate, or other contract, the terms of which are not in clear accord with the powers, terms, and stipulations of their charters and bylaws. Upon a proper application by any citizen of this state, it shall be the duty of the commissioner to give a statement or synopsis of the provisions of any insurance contract offered or issued to such citizen. If any such corporation or association or order shall at any time fail or refuse to comply with the provisions of this section, the commissioner shall forthwith suspend or revoke all authority to such corporation, association, or order, and all its agents or officers to do business in this state, and shall publish such revocation in some newspaper published in this state.

Miss. Code Ann. § 83-25-5 Report and publication.

Every corporation, company, society, organization, or association of this or any other state or country transacting the business of life insurance on the co-operative or assessment plan shall, on or before the first day of March of each year, make and file with the commissioner of insurance a report of its affairs and operations during the year ending on the 31st day of December immediately preceding. Such report shall be upon blank forms to be provided by the commissioner; and shall be verified under oath by the duly authorized officers of such corporation, society, order, or association; shall be published, or the substance thereof, in some newspaper published in the state at the expense of said company, corporation, order, etc., and in his annual report by the commissioner under a separate part, entitled “Assessment Companies or Associations”; and shall contain such information as the commissioner in his judgment may deem necessary for the welfare of the people of the state, subject to like penalties imposed in Section 83-5-69.