(a) A domestic mutual company transacting insurance business under the laws of this state with the approval of the Commissioner may reinsure all risks undertaken by it in any company authorized to transact a similar class of insurance business in this state and transfer to the company assuming such risks all or such of its assets, reserves, liabilities, and obligations of every character as the agreement approved by the Commissioner shall provide.

(b) This Code section shall not prevent a domestic mutual company from reinsuring any risks or fractional parts thereof not situated in this state in any company licensed by the state in which such risks are located.