Terms Used In Indiana Code 27-1-17-2

  • certificate of authority: means an instrument in writing issued by the department to an insurer, which sets out the authority of such insurer to engage in the business of insurance or activities connected therewith. See Indiana Code 27-1-2-3
  • 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
   Sec. 2. No foreign or alien company shall be admitted for the purpose of transacting any kind or kinds of insurance business in this state, the transaction of which by a domestic company is not permitted by the laws of this state; provided, however, that where a foreign or alien company whose charter provides for the transaction of the kind or kinds of insurance described in more than one (1) class of IC 27-1-5-1 has been transacting business in this state under a certificate of authority issued by the insurance department or insurance commissioner prior to March 8, 1935, such company may be issued a certificate of authority under the provisions of this article to make the kind or kinds of insurance provided by its charter. A foreign or alien insurance company admitted to do an insurance business in this state shall have the same but no greater rights and privileges than a domestic company.

Formerly: Acts 1935, c.162, s.227. As amended by P.L.252-1985, SEC.72.

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