Section 4110. Domestic mutual companies; expense limits  


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  • (a) No domestic
      mutual property/casualty insurance company licensed to write a  kind  of
      insurance  specified  in  paragraph  seven,  eight,  nine,  ten, eleven,
      thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen or seventeen of subsection  (a)  of
      section  one  thousand one hundred thirteen of this chapter shall expend
      in any one calendar year for management expenses a greater  amount  than
      thirty  percent  of  the  sum of its net premium income and seventy-five
      percent of its investment  income  for  such  year;  provided  that  any
      insurer   whose  principal  line  of  business  is  medical  malpractice
      liability insurance or any insurer who is the subject  of  a  proceeding
      pursuant to article seventy-four of this chapter shall not expend in any
      one  calendar year for management expenses, a greater amount than thirty
      percent of its net premium income for  such  year.  Management  expenses
      shall  be  held  to  include all expenses of the company except expenses
      incurred in the investigation,  adjustment  and  settlement  of  claims,
      taxes, fees and expenses of examination, and taxes, repairs and expenses
      on  real  estate.  In  applying  the  provisions of this section the net
      premium income of, and expenses of, boiler and  machinery  insurance  or
      elevator insurance shall not be included.
        (b)  Subsection  (a)  hereof  shall  not  apply  to  a  mutual company
      organized before the effective date of this chapter as a domestic mutual
      fire or marine or marine protection and indemnity company.