Indiana § 27-3-1-6 - Effect of acquisition on insurance business conducted

Full text of Indiana Indiana Code § 27-3-1-6 — Effect of acquisition on insurance business conducted, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 27-3-1-6. Effect of acquisition on insurance business conducted

Sec. 6. Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to authorize any insurance company to engage in any kind or kinds of insurance business not authorized by its articles of incorporation, or to authorize any acquiring corporation which is not an insurance company to engage directly in the business of insurance. Subsequent to the effective date of the plan of exchange, the insurance department, pursuant to the authority vested in it by IC 27-1-3-7 and IC 27-1-3.1 and having regard to the findings stated in section 3(b) of this chapter, shall have the authority to require that the affairs of the domestic company be conducted in such manner as to assure the continuing safe conduct and transaction of the domestic company's business of insurance.

Formerly: Acts 1967, c.61, s.7. As amended by P.L.252-1985, SEC.142; P.L.26-1991, SEC.25.

Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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