Sec. 3. Indiana may serve as a state of entry to enable an alien company to transact insurance business in the United States through a United States branch if the United States branch:

(1) qualifies under this title for a certificate of authority as if the United States branch were a domestic company organized under this title; and

Terms Used In Indiana Code 27-1-40-3

  • capital: means the aggregate amount paid in on the shares of capital stock of a corporation issued and outstanding. See Indiana Code 27-1-2-3
  • 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
  • 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
  • Trust account: A general term that covers all types of accounts in a trust department, such as estates, guardianships, and agencies. Source: OCC
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the commonwealths, possessions, states in free association with the United States, and the territories. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • United States branch: means :

    Indiana Code 27-1-40-2

(2) establishes a trust account that meets the following conditions:

(A) The trust account is established under a trust agreement approved by the commissioner with a United States bank.

(B) The amount in the trust account is at least equal to:

(i) the minimum capital and surplus requirements; or

(ii) the authorized control level risk based capital requirements;

whichever is greater, that apply to a domestic company that possesses a certificate of authority to transact the same kind of insurance business in Indiana as the United States branch will transact.

As added by P.L.173-2007, SEC.20.