§ 27-17-2. Power of subscribers to exchange reciprocal and interinsurance contracts. (a) Individuals, partnerships, trustees, and all corporations of this state, designated throughout this chapter as "subscribers", are authorized to exchange reciprocal or interinsurance contracts with each other and with individuals, partnerships, trustees, and corporations of other states.
(b) The right of a corporation to exchange those contracts is declared to be incidental to the purpose for which the corporation is organized and as much granted as the rights and powers expressly conferred. Whenever a trustee acting in a representative capacity insures property held in trust at a reciprocal exchange, the trustee may assume the liability and be entitled to the rights of a subscriber, but in doing this shall not personally or individually be liable under the power of attorney executed on behalf of the trust.
(c) The contracts and the exchange of contracts and the subscribers, their attorneys in fact, and representatives, shall be regulated by this chapter and by no other statute of this state relating to insurance, except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter.
History of Section. (P.L. 1952, ch. 3003, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 27-17-2.)
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