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Insurance Companies Act

Version of section 813 from 2003-01-01 to 2006-04-26:


Marginal note:Class vacancy

 Despite section 819 but subject to section 811, where the holders of any class or series of shares of an insurance holding company have an exclusive right to elect one or more directors and a vacancy occurs among those directors,

  • (a) the remaining directors elected by the holders of that class or series may fill the vacancy except a vacancy resulting from an increase in, or a failure to elect, the number or minimum number of directors for that class or series;

  • (b) if there are no such remaining directors and, by reason of the vacancy, the number of directors or the composition of the board of directors fails to meet any of the requirements of section 796 or 799, the other directors may fill that vacancy; and

  • (c) if there are no such remaining directors and paragraph (b) does not apply, any holder of shares of that class or series may call a meeting of the holders thereof for the purpose of filling the vacancy.

  • 2001, c. 9, s. 465

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