Section 1203. Non-use of corporate charter  


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  • (a) Any domestic insurance
      company which, after one year from the date of  its  incorporation,  has
      not  organized  and obtained a certificate of authority or license to do
      an insurance business, shall, unless granted an extension,  forfeit  its
      corporate  charter,  and  the  superintendent  may  thereupon commence a
      proceeding, pursuant to the provisions of article seventy-four  of  this
      chapter,  to liquidate and dissolve such corporation. The superintendent
      may for good cause shown grant a  written  extension  of  such  one-year
      period  upon  a  written  request  filed  with him within such period or
      during the pendency of any  examination  or  investigation  pursuant  to
      paragraph  one of subsection (e) of section one thousand one hundred two
      of this chapter, whichever is longer.
        (b) Any domestic insurer which ceases to do any insurance business for
      more than one year continuously shall forfeit its  right  to  resume  an
      insurance   business,   except   with   the   prior   approval   of  the
      superintendent.   Unless   such   approval   shall   be   granted,   the
      superintendent  may commence a proceeding, pursuant to the provisions of
      article seventy-four of this chapter, to  liquidate  and  dissolve  such
      insurer.