When newly organized, a domestic mutual insurer may be authorized to transact any one or more kinds of insurance other than title insurance. When applying for an original certificate of authority as an insurer, a domestic mutual insurer must be otherwise qualified therefor under this code, must possess and maintain the minimum requirements for surplus in regard to policyholders as set forth in Sections 610 and 611 of this code, and must have received and accepted bona fide applications with respect to substantial insurable subjects for insurance coverage of a substantial character of the kind of insurance proposed to be transacted, must have collected in full and in cash the proper premium therefor at a rate substantially equal to that usually charged by stock insurers for comparable coverages, must have surplus funds on hand as at completion of issuance of all such policies so applied for, or, in lieu of such applications, premiums, and surplus, may deposit surplus, all in accordance with the requirements set forth in Sections 610 and 611 of this code. Laws 1957, p. 306, § 2111; Laws 1980, c. 185, § 5, eff. Oct. 1, 1980.
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