1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to insurance; including secondary property 
  1.3             covered by a township mutual fire insurance company; 
  1.4             modifying permitted investments for township mutual 
  1.5             companies; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 
  1.6             67A.191, subdivision 1; Minnesota Statutes 1997 
  1.7             Supplement, section 67A.231. 
  1.8   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.9      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 67A.191, 
  1.10  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  1.11     Subdivision 1.  [FARM RISKS.] A township mutual fire 
  1.12  insurance company may issue an insurance policy for qualified 
  1.13  and secondary property as defined in section 67A.14, subdivision 
  1.14  1, in combination with a policy issued by an insurer authorized 
  1.15  to sell property and casualty insurance in this state.  Except 
  1.16  as provided in subdivision 2, The portions of the combination 
  1.17  policy issued by a township mutual insurance company are 
  1.18  excluded from all provisions of the insurance laws of this state 
  1.19  as provided in section 67A.25, subdivision 2. 
  1.20     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 
  1.21  67A.231, is amended to read: 
  1.22     67A.231 [DEPOSIT OF FUNDS; INVESTMENT; LIMITATIONS.] 
  1.23     The directors of any township mutual insurance company may 
  1.24  authorize the treasurer to invest any of its funds and 
  1.25  accumulations in:  
  1.26     (a) Bonds, notes, mortgages, or other obligations 
  2.1   guaranteed by the full faith and credit of the United States of 
  2.2   America and those for which the credit of the United States is 
  2.3   pledged to pay principal, interest or dividends, including 
  2.4   United States agency and instrumentality bonds, debentures, or 
  2.5   obligations; 
  2.6      (b) Bonds, notes, evidence of indebtedness, or other public 
  2.7   authority obligations guaranteed by this state; 
  2.8      (c) Bonds, notes, evidence of the indebtedness or other 
  2.9   obligations guaranteed by the full faith and credit of any 
  2.10  county, municipality, school district, or other duly authorized 
  2.11  political subdivision of this state; 
  2.12     (d) Bonds or other interest bearing obligations, payable 
  2.13  from revenues, provided that the bonds or other interest bearing 
  2.14  obligations are at the time of purchase rated among the highest 
  2.15  four quality categories used by a nationally recognized rating 
  2.16  agency for rating the quality of similar bonds or other interest 
  2.17  bearing obligations, and are not rated lower by any other such 
  2.18  agency; or obligations of a United States agency or 
  2.19  instrumentality that have been rated in one of the two highest 
  2.20  categories established by the Securities Valuation Office of the 
  2.21  National Association of Insurance Commissioners.  A company may 
  2.22  not invest more than 20 percent of its admitted assets in the 
  2.23  obligations of any one corporation.  This is not applicable to 
  2.24  bonds or other interest bearing obligations in default as to 
  2.25  principal; 
  2.26     (e) Investments in the obligations stated in paragraphs 
  2.27  (a), (b), (c), and (d), may be made either directly or in the 
  2.28  form of securities of, or other interests in, an investment 
  2.29  company registered under the Federal Investment Company Act of 
  2.30  1940.  Investment company shares authorized pursuant to this 
  2.31  subdivision shall not exceed 20 percent of the company's 
  2.32  surplus.  These obligations must be carried at the lower of cost 
  2.33  or market on the annual statement filed with the commissioner 
  2.34  and adjusted to market on an annual basis; 
  2.35     (f) Loans upon improved and unencumbered real property in 
  2.36  this state worth at least twice the amount loaned thereon, not 
  3.1   including buildings, unless insured by property insurance 
  3.2   policies payable to and held by the security holder; 
  3.3      (g) Real estate, including land, buildings and fixtures, 
  3.4   located in this state and used primarily as home office space 
  3.5   for the insurance company; 
  3.6      (h) Demand or time deposits or savings accounts in 
  3.7   federally insured depositories located in this any state to the 
  3.8   extent that the deposit or investment is insured by the Federal 
  3.9   Deposit Insurance Corporation, Federal Savings and Loan 
  3.10  Corporation, or the National Credit Union Administration.  An 
  3.11  additional deposit not to exceed 50 percent of the township 
  3.12  mutual insurance company's policyholder surplus may be located 
  3.13  in these depositories if covered by private deposit insurance 
  3.14  written by an insurer licensed by the department of commerce; 
  3.15     (i) Guarantee fund certificates of a mutual insurer which 
  3.16  reinsures the business of the township mutual insurance 
  3.17  company.  The commissioner may by rule limit the amount of 
  3.18  guarantee fund certificates which the township mutual insurance 
  3.19  company may purchase and this limit may be a function of the 
  3.20  size of the township mutual insurance company; and 
  3.21     (j) Up to $1,500 in stock of an insurer which issues 
  3.22  directors and officers liability insurance to township mutual 
  3.23  insurance company directors and officers; and 
  3.24     (k) Up to $10,000 in shares of stock of the National 
  3.25  Association of Mutual Insurance Companies bank, subject to the 
  3.26  commissioner's approval. 
  3.27     Sec. 3.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  3.28     Sections 1 and 2 are effective the day following final 
  3.29  enactment.