§112. Surplus requirements; applicants on and after September 1, 1989

            A. Domestic mutual insurers who apply for a certificate of authority on or after September 1, 1989, may transact the following kinds of insurance in this state upon qualifying therefor and by having an initial minimum surplus and operating surplus represented by assets as follows:

                                                                                        Initial

                                                                                    Minimum           Operating

         Insurance                                                              Surplus              Surplus

  (1)   Life                                                                 $2,000,000          $1,000,000

  (2)   Health and accident                                          2,000,000            1,000,000

          (1) and (2) above                                              2,000,000            1,000,000

  (3)   Vehicle                                                             2,000,000            1,000,000

  (4)   Liability                                                            2,000,000            1,000,000

  (5)   Workers' compensation                                    2,000,000            1,000,000

  (6)   Burglary and forgery                                        2,000,000            1,000,000

  (7)   Fidelity                                                             2,000,000            1,000,000

  (8)   Title                                                                     500,000               500,000

  (9)   Fire and allied lines                                          2,000,000            1,000,000

(10)   Steam boiler and sprinkler leakage                  2,000,000            1,000,000

(11)   Crop                                                                  2,000,000            1,000,000

(12)   Marine and transportation (except hull)           2,000,000            1,000,000

(13)   Miscellaneous                                                   2,000,000            1,000,000

(14)   Homeowners' insurance                                   2,000,000            1,000,000

(15)   Credit life, health, and accident insurance       2,000,000            1,000,000

(16)   Credit property and casualty insurance            2,000,000            1,000,000

(17)   Annuity                                                            2,000,000            1,000,000

(18)   Surety                                                               2,000,000            1,000,000

(19)   Industrial fire                                                    1,000,000            1,000,000

(20)   All insurances, except life and title                  2,000,000            1,000,000

            B. Authority shall be granted mutual insurers upon compliance with all applicable requirements to transact combinations of kinds of insurance except as follows:

            (1) An insurer authorized to transact life insurance shall not be authorized to transact any additional kind of insurance other than:

            (a) Health and accident insurance.

            (b) Annuity.

            (c) Credit life, health, and accident insurance.

            (2) An insurer authorized to transact title insurance shall not be authorized to transact any additional kinds of insurance.

            C. For the purposes of this Section, assets representing at least fifty percent of the operating surplus shall be maintained in cash or cash equivalents prescribed by the commissioner.

            D. Domestic mutual insurers authorized to transact homeowners' insurance or fire and allied lines after September 1, 1989, shall have initial minimum surplus and operating surplus in the amount of five million dollars on or after December 31, 2026, and ten million dollars on or after December 31, 2031.

            E. Domestic mutual insurers who apply for a certificate of authority on or after September 1, 2022, that includes the lines of homeowners' insurance or fire and allied lines shall have initial minimum surplus and operating surplus in the amount of ten million dollars.

            Acts 1989, No. 561, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 22:121.1 by Acts 2008, No. 415, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2009, No. 326, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2010; Acts 2009, No. 503, §1; Acts 2022, No. 60, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2023; Acts 2022, No. 69, §1.