Indiana § 27-8-3-11 - Reserve emergency fund
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§ 27-8-3-11. Reserve emergency fund
Sec. 11. Every such accident insurance corporation, association, or society shall accumulate and maintain a reserve emergency fund of at least two thousand dollars ($2,000). Such fund, if not already accumulated, shall be accumulated by every such corporation, association, or society existing on March 9, 1897, by September 9, 1897, and by every corporation, association, or society organized under this chapter within six (6) months of the completion of its organization and the receipt of its certificate of authority to transact business in this state, and every corporation, association, or society subject to the provisions of this chapter shall add to such emergency fund thereafter two and one-half percent (2 1/2%) of the amount realized from every premium, assessment, or periodical call until such fund shall be equal to the amount of two dollars ($2) for every five thousand dollars ($5,000) of insurance in force. Such emergency fund, or any part thereof, may be used for the payment of death and indemnity claims; provided, that if the amount of such fund be thereby reduced below the amount contemplated in this chapter, the amount by which such fund is reduced be made up and restored within six (6) months thereafter. Such fund may be held in cash or invested in the same class of securities required by law for the investment of funds by insurance corporations, and nothing contained in this chapter shall prevent the creation and accumulation of other funds in excess of the amount required in this chapter to provide for the purposes of such corporation, association, or society.
Formerly: Acts 1897, c.195, s.11. As amended by P.L.252-1985, SEC.283.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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