(1) There is created a nonprofit legal entity to be known as the Mississippi Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association. All member insurers shall be and remain members of the association as a condition of their authority to transact insurance in this state. The association shall perform its functions under the plan of operation established and approved under Section 83-23-219 and shall exercise its powers through a board of directors established under Section 83-23-213. For purposes of administration and assessment the association shall maintain two (2) accounts:
(a) The life insurance and annuity account which includes the following subaccounts:
(i) Life insurance account;
(ii) Annuity account which shall include annuity contracts owned by a governmental retirement plan (or its trustee) established under Section 401, 403(b) or 457 of the United States Internal Revenue Code, but shall otherwise exclude unallocated annuities; and
(iii) Unallocated annuity account which shall exclude contracts owned by a governmental retirement benefit plan (or its trustee) established under Section 401, 403(b) or 457 of the United States Internal Revenue Code.
(b) The health insurance account.
(2) The association shall come under the immediate supervision of the commissioner and shall be subject to the applicable provisions of the insurance laws of this state. Meetings or records of the association may be opened to the public upon majority vote of the board of directors of the association.
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