Sec. 14. A corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of an individual:

(1) who is or was a director, an officer, an employee, or an agent of the corporation; or

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 28-13-13-14

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • corporation: includes a domestic or foreign predecessor entity of a corporation in a merger or other transaction in which the predecessor's existence ceased upon consummation of the transaction. See Indiana Code 28-13-13-1
  • director: means an individual who is or was a director of a corporation or an individual who, while a director of a corporation, is or was serving at the corporation's request as a director, an officer, a partner, a trustee, a manager, an employee, or an agent of another foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, trust, employee benefit plan, or other enterprise, whether for profit or not. See Indiana Code 28-13-13-2
  • liability: means the obligation to pay a judgment, settlement, penalty, fine, including an excise tax assessed with respect to an employee benefit plan, or reasonable expenses incurred with respect to a proceeding. See Indiana Code 28-13-13-4
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
(2) who, while a director, an officer, an employee, or an agent of the corporation, is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, an officer, a partner, a trustee, a manager, an employee, or an agent of another foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, limited liability company, employee benefit plan, or other enterprise;

against liability asserted against or incurred by the individual in the capacity described in subdivision (1) or (2). The corporation may purchase and maintain insurance under this section whether or not the corporation would have power to indemnify the individual against the same liability under section 8 or 9 of this chapter.

As added by P.L.14-1992, SEC.163. Amended by P.L.8-1993, SEC.459.