178. The following may amalgamate with a mutual fire insurance association incorporated under this act:(a) any other association so incorporated;
(b) any mutual fire insurance company, in the counties, incorporated under Division II of the Insurance Act (Revised Statutes, 1964, chapter 295) replaced by chapter 70 of the statutes of 1974;
(c) any mutual company of insurance against fire, lightning or wind formed by a municipal council and incorporated under Division VI of the said Insurance Act;
(d) any mutual company of insurance against fire, lightning and wind formed by individuals in a parish or a local municipality and incorporated under Division VII of the said Insurance Act.
Several mutual companies contemplated in subparagraphs b, c and d may also amalgamate if they are converted at the same time into a mutual fire insurance association incorporated under this act.