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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>71404</law_id><section_number>38.2-1005.1:2</section_number><catch_line>Formation of mutual holding company and conversion of mutual company</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="38.2">Insurance</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="10">Organization, Admission and Licensing of Insurers</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1.1">Formation of Mutual Insurance Holding Company; Conversion of Mutual Holding Company to Stock Holding Company</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>A <span class="dictionary">mutual company</span>, upon approval of the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>, may reorganize by forming a <span class="dictionary">mutual holding company</span> and continue the corporate existence of the reorganizing <span class="dictionary">mutual company</span> as a stock <span class="dictionary">insurance company</span> in accordance with the provisions of this article. At the time a <span class="dictionary">plan of MHC conversion</span> becomes effective and without any further action:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The <span class="dictionary">mutual company</span> shall become a stock corporation, the membership interests of the <span class="dictionary">policyholders</span> in the <span class="dictionary">mutual company</span> shall be deemed extinguished and all <span class="dictionary">eligible members</span> of the <span class="dictionary">mutual company</span> shall become members of the <span class="dictionary">mutual holding company</span> in accordance with the articles of incorporation and bylaws of the <span class="dictionary">mutual holding company</span> and the applicable provisions of this article and Chapter 10 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Incorporation of domestic stock insurers" href="/38.2-1000/">38.2-1000</a> et seq.) of this title; and <a id="paragraph-257433" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1005.1_2/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> All of the shares of capital stock of the <span class="dictionary">converted company</span> shall be issued to the <span class="dictionary">mutual holding company</span> that, at all times thereafter, shall own not less than a majority of the issued shares of the voting stock of the <span class="dictionary">converted company</span>; however, either at the time the conversion becomes effective or, with the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>&#x2019;s approval, at any later time, the voting shares of the <span class="dictionary">converted company</span> may be held by one or more intermediate holding companies so long as the <span class="dictionary">mutual holding company</span> at all times owns, directly or indirectly, a majority of the voting shares of the <span class="dictionary">converted company</span>. <a id="paragraph-257434" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1005.1_2/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2001, c. 726.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
