Ind. Code § 27-1-17-5
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Capital and surplus or surplus of assets over liabilities; investment of surplus
Official statutory text
Sec. 5. (a) Every foreign insurance company authorized to do business in this state shall have, in the case of a stock company, at least the capital and surplus required of a domestic insurance company which makes the same kind or kinds of insurance.
(b) Every foreign insurance company authorized to do business in this state shall have, in the case of other than a stock company, at least the assets with a surplus of assets over all liabilities required of a domestic insurance company which makes the same kind or kinds of insurance, and an additional contingent liability of its policyholders equal to not less than the cash premium expressed in the policies in force, if such contingent liability is required of a like domestic insurance company.
(c) Every alien insurance company authorized to do business in this state shall have the surplus of assets invested according to the laws of the state in the United States, wherein it has its deposit, held in the United States in trust for the benefit and security of all its policyholders and creditors in the United States, over all its liabilities in the United States, of an amount equal to the surplus of assets required of a like domestic insurance company.
Formerly: Acts 1935, c.162, s.230.
(b) Every foreign insurance company authorized to do business in this state shall have, in the case of other than a stock company, at least the assets with a surplus of assets over all liabilities required of a domestic insurance company which makes the same kind or kinds of insurance, and an additional contingent liability of its policyholders equal to not less than the cash premium expressed in the policies in force, if such contingent liability is required of a like domestic insurance company.
(c) Every alien insurance company authorized to do business in this state shall have the surplus of assets invested according to the laws of the state in the United States, wherein it has its deposit, held in the United States in trust for the benefit and security of all its policyholders and creditors in the United States, over all its liabilities in the United States, of an amount equal to the surplus of assets required of a like domestic insurance company.
Formerly: Acts 1935, c.162, s.230.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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