The Nebraska Model Business Corporation Act, except as otherwise provided in Chapter 44, shall apply to all domestic incorporated insurance companies so far as the act is applicable or pertinent to and not in conflict with other provisions of the law relating to such companies. An assessment association that has accumulated and continues to maintain (1) reserves and (2) surplus or contingency funds at least equal to those required of a mutual insurance company shall, unless otherwise provided by law, be deemed to have all the powers and privileges in transacting its business and managing its affairs as those possessed by a mutual insurance company qualified to transact the same line or lines of insurance as the assessment association.