No investment, loan, sale or exchange thereof shall, except as to the policy loans of a life insurer, be made by any domestic insurer unless authorized or approved by its board of directors or by a committee charged by the board of directors or the bylaws with the duty of making such investment, loan, sale or exchange. The minutes of any such committee shall be recorded and reports thereof shall be submitted to the board of directors for approval or disapproval.
[1949 c 190 § 19; 1947 c 79 § .13.34; Rem. Supp. 1949 § 45.13.34.]