Indiana Code 27-4-1-11. Foreign or alien insurer’s unfair competition or unfair or deceptive practice by periodical or radio; notice to supervisory official of domiciliary state
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Terms Used In Indiana Code 27-4-1-11
- Commissioner: shall mean the insurance commissioner of this state appointed pursuant to, and on and in whom the powers, duties, management, and control of the department are conferred and vested by, the provisions of IC 27-1. See Indiana Code 27-4-1-2
- 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
Sec. 11. If any foreign or alien insurer engages in this state in an unfair method of competition or in an unfair or deceptive practice as defined in section 4(1) or 4(2) of this chapter by means of any advertisement, announcement, or statement, in any magazine or other periodical publication having a general circulation in more than five (5) states, or by means of any radio broadcast to more than five (5) states, including the state of domicile of such insurer, and if the laws of the state where such insurer is domiciled make provision for enjoining of such method of competition or practice, it shall be the duty of the commissioner to advise the insurance supervisory official of such domiciliary state of the violation in order that he may take appropriate action, but the commissioner shall have no authority to proceed, with respect to such violation, under either section 5 or 8 of this chapter. For the purpose of this section the domiciliary state of an alien insurer shall be deemed to be its state of entry, or the state of the principal office in the United States.
Formerly: Acts 1947, c.112, s.11. As amended by P.L.252-1985, SEC.152.