Sec. 14. A corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of an individual who is or was:

(1) a director;

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 23-17-16-14

  • corporation: includes a corporation organized under or governed by this chapter and a domestic or foreign predecessor entity of a corporation in a merger or other transaction in which the predecessor's existence ceased upon consummation of the transaction. See Indiana Code 23-17-16-1
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • director: means an individual who is or was a director of a corporation or an individual who, while a director of a corporation, is or was serving at the corporation's request as a director, an officer, a member, a manager, a partner, a trustee, an employee, or an agent of another foreign or domestic corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan, or other enterprise, whether for profit or not. See Indiana Code 23-17-16-2
  • liability: means the obligation to pay a judgment, settlement, penalty, fine, including an excise tax assessed with respect to an employee benefit plan, or reasonable expenses actually incurred with respect to a proceeding. See Indiana Code 23-17-16-4
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
(2) an officer;

(3) an employee or agent of the corporation; or

(4) while a director, an officer, an employee, or an agent of the corporation, is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, an officer, a member, a manager, a partner, a trustee, an employee, or an agent of another foreign or domestic corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan, or other enterprise;

against liability asserted against or incurred by the individual in that capacity or arising from the individual’s status as a director, an officer, an employee, or an agent, whether or not the corporation would have power to indemnify the individual against the same liability under section 8 or 9 of this chapter.

As added by P.L.179-1991, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.8-1993, SEC.334.