56-18-110 - Policyholders' meeting to consider plan for conversion into mutual company.
56-18-110. Policyholders' meeting to consider plan for conversion into mutual company.
(a) If a plan of mutualization has been adopted by a vote of a majority of the directors of the corporation, approved by the commissioner, and approved by a vote of stockholders representing a majority of the capital stock then outstanding, a written notice of the meeting of policyholders to consider the plan shall be given by mailing the notice from the home office of the company to each policyholder holding a single policy in the amount of one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more at least thirty (30) days prior to the meeting in a sealed envelope, postage prepaid, addressed to the policyholder at the policyholder's last known post office address, and by a newspaper advertisement published at least thirty (30) days prior to the meeting, and not more than sixty (60) days prior to the meeting, in one (1) newspaper published in the capital city of each state in which the company is qualified to transact business.
(b) A policyholder eligible to vote at the meeting is any policyholder who holds life insurance in the company in a total amount at least equal to one thousand dollars ($1,000), or a policy of noncancellable and guaranteed renewable accident and health insurance with an annual premium of one hundred dollars ($100) or more. The reference in this subdivision (b) to insurance in the amount of one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more includes any policy or policies with a total face or principal sum amount of one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more, any annuity contract or contract that at normal date of maturity requires the payment of a total of one hundred dollars ($100) or more annually, and any pure endowment contract or contracts for the total principal sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more; provided, that the policy or policies or contracts have been in force, other than as reduced paid-up insurance or extended insurance, for at least one (1) year immediately preceding the meeting.
(c) Each policyholder shall be entitled to one (1) vote at the policyholders' meeting, regardless of the number of policies or contracts held or their amounts.
[Acts 1949, ch. 91, § 2; C. Supp. 1950, § 6433.14 (Williams, § 6433.17); impl. am. Acts 1971, ch. 137, § 2; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 56-1611.]