Terms Used In Indiana Code 27-1-12-31

  • 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
   Sec. 31. Any life insurance company may issue life or endowment insurance, with or without annuities, upon the group plan as defined in this chapter, with special rates of premiums less than the usual rates of premiums for such policies, and may value such policies on any accepted table of mortality and interest assumption adopted by the company for that purpose, provided, that in no case shall such standard be lower than the American Men Table of Mortality (ultimate) with interest assumption at three and one-half percent (3 1/2%) in the case of policies issued before the transition date selected by the company pursuant to section 12 of this chapter, nor lower than the standard prescribed in IC 27-1-12.8 in the case of policies issued on and after such transition date. All policies of group insurance shall be segregated by the company into a separate class, the mortality experience kept separate, and the number of policies, amount of insurance, reserves, premiums, and payments to policyholders under the policies, together with the mortality table and interest assumption adopted by the company shall be reported separately in the company’s annual financial statement.

Formerly: Acts 1935, c.162, s.169; Acts 1943, c.189, s.8. As amended by P.L.252-1985, SEC.65; P.L.276-2013, SEC.9; P.L.136-2018, SEC.160.