Sec. 19. Any corporation, association, or society organized under the authority of another state or government to issue, or which is engaged in the business of issuing, policies or certificates of life or accident or life and accident insurance, and for the payment of total and permanent disability claims to living members on the assessment plan, as a condition precedent to transacting business in this state, shall deposit with the insurance commissioner:

(1) a certified copy of its articles of incorporation or association;

(2) a certified copy of a vote or resolution of the board of directors of said company consenting that service of process in any suit against such company may be served upon an individual resident of Indiana, a corporate resident of Indiana, or an authorized Indiana insurer, appointed by the company as the company’s agent for service of process, with like effect as if such company was chartered, organized, or incorporated in the state of Indiana, and agreeing that any process served upon such agent shall be of the same legal force and validity as if served upon said company, and agreeing that such service may be so made with such effect while any liability remains outstanding against such company in this state;

(3) a statement, under oath of its president and secretary, in the form by the commissioner required, of its business for the preceding year;

(4) a certificate, under oath of its president and secretary, that it is paying, and for the twelve (12) months then next preceding, has paid, the maximum amount named in its policies or certificates in full;

(5) a certificate from the proper authority in its home state that corporations, associations or societies of this state, engaged according to the provisions of this chapter in life or accident, or life and accident insurance, and for the payment of total and permanent disability claims to living members upon the assessment plan, are legally entitled to do business in such state;

(6) a copy of its policy or certificate, application, and bylaws, which must show that the insured’s liability to contribute to the payments of benefits is not limited to the payment of a fixed periodical sum; and

(7) evidence satisfactory to the commissioner that the corporation, association, or society accumulates a fund equal in amount to that required of similar corporations, associations, or societies of this state and that such accumulation is permitted by the law of the corporation, association, or society and is for the benefit of policy or certificate-holders only, and is invested in securities authorized under the law of its incorporation or association.

The insurance commissioner shall thereupon issue or renew the authority of such corporation, association, or society to do business in this state, and such authority shall be revoked whenever the commissioner, on investigation, is satisfied that such corporation, association, or society is not paying the maximum amount named in its policies or certificates in full. Upon such revocation, the commissioner shall cause notice thereof to be published in a newspaper of general circulation, published in the city of Indianapolis, Indiana, and no new business shall be thereafter done by its agents in this state. If any such corporation, association, or society is authorized by the law under which it is incorporated to issue contracts of insurance not contemplated in this chapter, it shall nevertheless be permitted to transact in this state the character of business authorized by this chapter upon complying in all other respects with the requirements thereof and filing with the commissioner an agreement duly executed by the proper officers that such corporation, association, or society will not enter into or issue within this state any contract of insurance, policy, or agreement not authorized by this chapter. Upon a breach of such agreement by any such corporation, association, or society, the commissioner shall forthwith revoke and cancel its authority to transact business in this state. When any other state or country shall impose any obligation upon any such corporation, association, or society of this state, the like obligation shall be imposed upon similar corporations, associations, or societies and their agents of such state or country doing business in this state. If the laws of such state where such corporation, association, or society is organized will not admit corporations, associations, or societies organized in this state, or doing business under this chapter, to do business in such state, then such corporations, associations, or societies shall not be admitted to do business in this state.

Formerly: Acts 1897, c.195, s.19. As amended by P.L.252-1985, SEC.290; P.L.268-1999, SEC.19.