The Vermont Statutes Online

Title 8 : Banking and Insurance

Chapter 141 : Captive Insurance Companies

Subchapter 001 : GENERAL PROVISIONS

• § 6006b. Redomestication

  (a) Any foreign or alien insurer that qualifies for licensure as a captive insurance company in this State may redomesticate to this State by complying with all of the requirements of law relative to the organization and licensing of a captive insurance company and by filing with the Secretary of State its articles of association, charter, or other organization document, together with appropriate amendments thereto adopted in accordance with the laws of this State bringing such articles of association, charter, or other organizational document into compliance with the laws of this State, along with a certificate of general good issued by the Commissioner and a filing fee per section 3440 of this title. An insurer becoming a domestic captive insurance company through this redomestication process shall pay to the Commissioner such fees as would otherwise be payable by a captive insurance company organizing and becoming licensed or transacting business in this State. The Commissioner may issue a conditional license prior to the effective date of the redomestication in order to facilitate the transaction and provide notice of approval of the transaction to the outgoing jurisdiction. The domestic insurer shall be entitled to the necessary or appropriate certificates and licenses to continue its business and to transact business in this State and shall be subject to the authority and jurisdiction of this State. No insurer redomesticating into this State as a captive insurance company need merge, consolidate, transfer assets, or otherwise engage in any other reorganization, other than as specified in this section.

  (b) Upon the approval of and compliance with such conditions as may be imposed by the Commissioner, any captive insurance company may transfer its domicile, in accordance with the laws thereof, to any other state or jurisdiction and upon such a transfer shall cease to be a domestic captive insurance company, and its corporate or other legal existence in this State shall cease upon the filing of articles of redomestication with the Secretary of State, or upon such later date if a delayed effective date is specified in the articles of redomestication, accompanied by a certificate of approval of redomestication issued by the Commissioner and proof of acceptance of the insurer by the Secretary of State or analogous officer of the jurisdiction to which the captive insurance company is redomesticating, and upon payment to the Secretary of State of a filing fee per section 3438 of this title. Said articles of redomestication shall contain, at a minimum, the following information:

  (1) the name, organizational form, date of formation, and jurisdiction of formation of the redomesticating entity;

  (2) the jurisdiction to which the redomesticating entity will be transferring its domicile and its name following the redomestication date;

  (3) the registered office and agent of the redomesticating entity following the redomestication date; and

  (4) a statement that the redomestication has been approved by the appropriate vote of the shareholders or other owners of the redomesticating entity.

  (c) Upon redomestication in accordance with this section, the foreign or alien insurer shall become a captive insurance company organized under the laws of this State and have all the rights, privileges, immunities, and powers, and be subject to all applicable laws, duties, and liabilities, of domestic insurers of the same type. Such captive insurance company shall possess all rights that obtained prior to the redomestication to the extent permitted by the laws of this State and shall be responsible and liable for all the liabilities and obligations that obtained prior to the redomestication. The certificate of authority, agents, appointments and licenses, rates, and other items that the Commissioner allows, in his or her discretion, that are in existence at the time any insurer transfers its corporate domicile to this or any other state or jurisdiction by redomestication pursuant to this section shall continue in full force and effect upon such transfer. All outstanding policies of any transferring insurer shall remain in full force and effect. (Added 2021, No. 25, § 28, eff. May 12, 2021.)