Terms Used In Indiana Code 27-1-20-1

  • 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. 1. The department, in the name of the State of Indiana, and for the benefit of the owners of all securities subject to negotiation by delivery, and deposited with the department or under its supervision, shall purchase and maintain insurance, in an aggregate amount not to exceed one million dollars, against loss from any cause that the department may deem appropriate.

Formerly: Acts 1935, c.162, s.248; Acts 1971, P.L.385, SEC.5.