Domestic cooperative plan insurers; authorized kinds of insurance.

The kinds of insurance which may be carried on by insurers incorporated under this chapter shall be as follows: (1) To insure persons against bodily injury or death by accident or against disability on account of sickness or accident and also to grant specific hospital benefits and medical, surgical and sick-care benefits to persons and their families, subject to such limitations as the commissioner may prescribe with respect thereto; and to provide reimbursement of funeral expenses, not exceeding $200.00 to any person in conjunction therewith. (2) To provide indemnity to conductors, engineers and motormen of steam and electric railways, and to persons engaged in other similar trades or occupations, for loss of position arising from discharge or suspension, which indemnity shall be payable in installments which do not exceed the average monthly wage of the member, and which, in the aggregate upon any 1 risk, shall not exceed 15% of the contingency reserve deposit provided in sections 6434 and 6446, and to provide indemnity for loss of position arising from retirement. (3) To insure the lives of persons and to grant every insurance pertaining thereto. Such policies of life insurance may provide for total and permanent disability benefits and accidental death benefits.