Insurance Code (usually included in commercial codals)
Section 252. Upon prior notice to the Commissioner, two or more domestic insurance companies, acting through their respective boards of directors, may negotiate to merge into a single corporation which shall be one of the constituent corporations, or consolidate into a single corporation which shall be a new corporation to be formed by the consolidation. A common agreement of the proposed merger or consolidation shall be drawn up for submission to the stockholders or members of the constituent companies for adoption and approved in accordance with the provisions of the respective by-laws of the constituent companies and all existing laws that may be pertinent.