Sec. 1. Subject to the provisions of this article and IC 27-6-1.1, any domestic corporation is authorized and empowered to:

(1) merge or consolidate with any other domestic company;

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 27-1-9-1

  • 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
(2) merge or consolidate with any foreign company, including any foreign company organized as a stock, mutual, nonstock, nonprofit, fraternal benefit, mutual benefit, or medical or hospital service company under the insurance or other laws of the foreign company’s state of domicile, if the surviving company meets the requirements for authorization to engage in the insurance business in this state, and provided such merger or consolidation is authorized by the laws of the state, or territory in which such foreign company is organized;

(3) subject to the requirements of IC 27-6-1.1-5, reinsure under an agreement of assumption reinsurance all or a portion of its risks with another domestic company or with any foreign or alien company authorized to engage in the insurance business in this state; and

(4) subject to the requirements of IC 27-6-1.1-5, reinsure under an agreement of assumption reinsurance all or a portion of the risks of another domestic company or of a foreign or alien company whether such company is or is not authorized to engage in the insurance business in this state.

Formerly: Acts 1935, c.162, s.114; Acts 1941, c.115, s.1; Acts 1969, c.164, s.2. As amended by P.L.260-1983, SEC.2; P.L.185-1997, SEC.3.

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