Terms Used In Indiana Code 27-1-20-15

  • articles of incorporation: includes both the original articles of incorporation and any and all amendments thereto, except where the original articles of incorporation only are expressly referred to, and includes articles of merger, consolidation and reinsurance, and in case of corporations, heretofore organized, articles of reorganization filed in the office of the secretary of state, and all amendments thereto. 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
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
   Sec. 15. If any company, whether organized under the provisions of this article or of any statute enacted prior to March 8, 1935, for the purpose of making any kind or kinds of insurance, does not complete its organization and proceed with the transaction of business, pursuant to the provisions of the statute under which it is organized, within a period of one (1) year after its articles of incorporation or its organization shall have been approved and filed in the office of the secretary of state, the approval so given shall be deemed to be revoked and such articles of incorporation or such organization shall be null and void.

Formerly: Acts 1935, c.162, s.264. As amended by P.L.252-1985, SEC.92.