Indiana Code 27-1-12-3. Real estate
1. The building in which it has its principal office and the land on which it stands;
Terms Used In Indiana Code 27-1-12-3
- Commissioner: means the "insurance commissioner" of this state. See Indiana Code 27-1-2-3
- Department: means "the department of insurance" of this state. See Indiana Code 27-1-2-3
- Insurance: means a contract of insurance or an agreement by which one (1) party, for a consideration, promises to pay money or its equivalent or to do an act valuable to the insured upon the destruction, loss or injury of something in which the other party has a pecuniary interest, or in consideration of a price paid, adequate to the risk, becomes security to the other against loss by certain specified risks; to grant indemnity or security against loss for a consideration. See Indiana Code 27-1-2-3
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- life insurance company: means any company making one or more of the kinds of insurance set out and defined in class 1(a) of IC 27-1-5-1. See Indiana Code 27-1-2-3
- principal office: means that office maintained by the corporation in this state, the address of which is required by the provisions of this article to be kept on file in the office of the department. See Indiana Code 27-1-2-3
3. Such as shall have been acquired for the accommodation of its business;
4. Such as shall have been mortgaged to it in good faith by way of security for loans previously contracted or for money due;
5. Such as shall have been conveyed to it in connection with its investments in real estate contracts or its investments in real estate under lease or for the purpose of leasing or developing in accordance with paragraph 8 of section 2 of this chapter or such as shall have been acquired for the purpose of investment under paragraph 20 of section 2(b) of this chapter. Any real estate acquired under paragraph 20 of section 2(b) of this chapter shall be evaluated for statement purposes in a manner satisfactory to the department.
6. Such as shall have been conveyed to it in satisfaction of debts previously contracted in the course of its dealings, or in exchange for real estate so conveyed to it; and
7. Such as it shall have purchased at sales on judgments, decrees or mortgages obtained or made for such debts.
All such real estate specified in paragraphs (3), (4), (5), (6), and (7) of this section, which shall not be necessary for the convenient transaction of its business, and which is not held under paragraphs 7, 8 or 20 of section 2(b) of this chapter, shall be sold by the life insurance company and disposed of within ten (10) years after it shall have acquired the title to same, or within five (5) years after the same shall have ceased to be necessary for the accommodation of its business, unless the company procures the certificate of the commissioner that its interests will suffer materially by a forced sale thereof, in which event the time for the sale may be extended to such time as the commissioner shall direct in such certificate.
Formerly: Acts 1935, c.162, s.148; Acts 1945, c.175, s.2; Acts 1951, c.24, s.1. As amended by Acts 1981, P.L.236, SEC.3; P.L.186-1997, SEC.5.