Section 6601. Scope of article; other provisions

(a) All insurers formed
  pursuant to chapter seven hundred thirty-nine of the  laws  of  eighteen
  hundred  fifty-seven,  chapter five hundred seventy-three of the laws of
  eighteen hundred eighty-six, or the laws of  which  the  last  mentioned
  chapter  was a consolidation, article nine of chapter six hundred ninety
  of the laws of eighteen hundred ninety-two, and  chapter  three  hundred
  twenty-eight  of the laws of nineteen hundred ten, the same constituting
  article nine of former chapter twenty-eight of the consolidated laws  as
  in  effect  immediately before January first, nineteen hundred forty and
  article XI-B of the former insurance law as in effect immediately before
  the effective date of this chapter, are hereby  continued  in  existence
  and,  together  with  all  insurers  organized  or  licensed  under this
  article, are made subject to the provisions of this article and  not  to
  any  other  provisions  of this chapter except as provided in subsection
  (b) hereof.
    (b) Except as otherwise specifically provided  in  this  article,  the
  provisions  of  this  chapter insofar as they are applicable to domestic
  mutual property/casualty insurance companies, shall, unless the  context
  otherwise  requires,  apply  to co-operative property/casualty insurance
  companies.