Bland & Sorkin, P.C. Innovative legal solutions for your business and insurance needs

What We Do

Reciprocal Exchange Form of Insurance Company

Representative Services Include:

  • Organization
  • Licensing
  • Advise Board of Directors, Subscribers Advisory Committee and Officers on Special Corporate Governance Issues of Reciprocals
  • Structuring of Subscriber Savings Accounts
  • Strategic Use of and Structuring of Other Subscriber Equity Accounts
  • Subscriber Account Transfer Structures
  • Allocations to Subscriber Accounts
  • Subscriber Equity Account Allocation Methodologies
  • Preparation of Subscriber's Agreement and Power of Attorney
  • Capital Contribution Agreements
  • Preparation of Other Organizational Documents
  • Conversion of Stock Insurance Company to Reciprocal Insurance Company
  • Internal Revenue Service Rules on Distributions
  • Agreements Between Reciprocals and Attorney-in-Fact
  • Attorney-in-Fact Organization and Structuring Purposes
  • Special Reciprocal Tax Considerations and Analysis
  • Internal Revenue Service Private Letter Ruling Requests Regarding Various Reciprocal and Subscriber Issues
  • Subordinated Debt Structures and Documentation
  • Special Considerations for "For Profit" Reciprocals
  • Blended Reciprocal Model
  • Reciprocal Reinsurance Company Structures
  • Analysis of Various Reciprocal-Specific Issues and Considerations
  • Non-assessability
  • Terminating Subscriber Issues
  • Reinsurance Agreements and Transactions
  • Management Agreements
  • Redomestication
  • Acquisitions and Mergers
  • Due Diligence
  • Affiliation Agreements
  • Divestitures
  • Holding Company Regulation and Issues
  • Existing Reciprocal Statutory Considerations
  • Legislative Drafting
  • Regulatory Issues
  • Rate and Form Filings
  • Rate Hearings
  • Insurance Policy Rewrites
  • Securities Issues
  • Subsidiary Issues
  • Examination Reports
  • Market Conduct Studies
  • Intellectual Property
  • Twenty Plus Years Advising Reciprocal Insurance Companies
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