Sec. 25. The department shall establish and maintain a procedure under which the department, at least one (1) time each year, reviews the ordinary shareholder dividends paid by each domestic insurer to determine whether dividends paid by the insurer are reasonable in relation to the following:

(1) The adequacy of the level of surplus as regards policyholders of the insurer remaining after the payment of dividends.

Terms Used In Indiana Code 27-1-3-25

  • Department: means "the department of insurance" of this state. See Indiana Code 27-1-2-3
  • insurer: means a company, firm, partnership, association, order, society or system making any kind or kinds of insurance and shall include associations operating as Lloyds, reciprocal or inter-insurers, or individual underwriters. See Indiana Code 27-1-2-3
  • shareholder: means one who is a holder of record of shares of stock in a corporation, unless the context otherwise requires. See Indiana Code 27-1-2-3
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
(2) The quality of the earnings of the insurer and the extent to which the reported earnings of the insurer include extraordinary items, such as surplus relief, reinsurance transactions, and reserve destrengthening.

As added by P.L.130-1994, SEC.4 and P.L.116-1994, SEC.8.

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