LD 1192
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interests of policyholders or the public.__The amendments to the
insurer's certificate of organization may provide that the
corporation is a continuation of the corporate identity of the
original foreign corporation and that the original date of
incorporation in its original domiciliary state is the date of
incorporation of the domestic insurer.__The insurer's certificate
of authority must be amended as of the effective date of the
superintendent's approval to reflect the insurer's status as a
domestic insurer and its new home office, and the insurer is
thereafter subject to all provisions of this Title applicable to
domestic insurers.

 
2.__Redomestication of domestic insurers.__Any domestic
insurer may, upon the approval of the superintendent, transfer
its domicile to any other state in which it is authorized to
transact the business of insurance in accordance with the
procedures established by the laws of that state.__The proposed
redomestication must be approved if the superintendent determines
that the certificate of organization has been amended in
conformance with section 3310 and that the redomestication is not
contrary to the interests of policyholders or the public.__The
insurer ceases to be a domestic insurer as of the date the
redomestication is recognized by its new state of domicile.__
Unless the superintendent determines that the insurer no longer
qualifies for a certificate of authority, the insurer's
certificate of authority must be amended as of the effective date
of the redomestication to reflect the insurer's status as a
domestic insurer and its new home office in its new state of
domicile, and the insurer is thereafter subject to all provisions
of this Title applicable to foreign insurers.

 
3.__Effect of redomestication.__The certificate of authority,
producers' appointments and licenses, rate approvals and all
other actions and permissions by the superintendent that are in
effect at the time any insurer authorized to transact the
business of insurance in this State transfers its corporate
domicile to this State or any other state pursuant to this
section or by merger, consolidation or any other lawful method
continue in full force and effect upon the redomestication if the
insurer remains duly qualified to transact the business of
insurance in this State.__All outstanding policies and other
legal or contractual obligations of any remodesticating insurer
remain in full force and need not be endorsed as to the new name
of the company or its new location unless ordered by the
superintendent.__The insurer shall file new policy forms with the
superintendent on or before the effective date of the
redomestication but may use existing policy forms with
appropriate endorsements if allowed by and under such conditions
as approved by the superintendent.__Each redomesticating insurer
shall notify the superintendent of the details of the proposed


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