Terms Used In Indiana Code 27-1-27-8

  • Commissioner: means the "insurance commissioner" 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. 8. The commissioner of insurance shall, in the manner prescribed by IC 4-22-2, adopt standards for the competent practice of public adjusting appropriate to establish and maintain a high standard of integrity and dignity in the profession of public adjusting.

As added by P.L.257-1983, SEC.1.