Title 27, INSURANCE

Sec. 3.1. The bureau, in addition to other activities not prohibited, is authorized to do the following: (1) Develop a statistical plan including class definitions. (2) Collect statistical data from members, subscribers or any other source. (3) Prepare and distribute rate data, a…

Sec. 30. The bureau shall, by July 31, 1935, make and adopt such rules as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter, subject to the approval of the insurance commissioner. Formerly: Acts 1935, c.323, s.30. As amended by P.L.252-1985, SEC.239.

Sec. 31. No employer who does not pay the advance premiums or premium when due, shall be entitled to insurance, nor shall any coverage be extended until all obligations to pay worker's compensation insurance premiums contracted during the previous twelve (12) months have been pai…

Sec. 32. In designating the bureau member to insure a rejected risk, the bureau shall have due regard for the service facilities and compensation premium volume in Indiana of the member so designated as the carrying company. Any grievance on the part of such bureau member with th…

Sec. 33. At any time while a policy, written pursuant to designation by the bureau, is in force, the carrying company, upon its own initiative, may make a further careful inspection of the risk for the purpose of measuring its hazards, making recommendation for the promotion of t…

Sec. 34. The management of the bureau shall furnish to all members of the bureau complete information concerning each rejected risk and any member of such bureau may write any rejected risk as regular business in which event the risk so written shall no longer be treated as provi…

Sec. 35. The bureau shall keep a record of all risks referred to members as carrying company, coming within the provisions of section 29 of this chapter, and this record shall be open to any bureau member or its authorized representative. Any member may at any time write as regul…

Sec. 37. (a) If, after the issuance of a policy, it develops that an employer is not or ceases to be in good faith entitled to compensation insurance, the carrying company which issued the policy shall have the right, upon authorization of the bureau and the worker's compensation…

Sec. 37.5. (a) Nothing in this chapter prohibits or regulates the payment of dividends, savings, or unabsorbed premium deposits allowed or returned by companies to their policyholders, members, or subscribers, but in the payment of such dividends there shall be no unfair discrimi…

Sec. 38. (a) A person who fails to comply with this chapter or fails to comply with any lawful order or ruling made by the department in the administration of this chapter commits a Class C infraction. If a person is fined for violating this section and fails to pay the fine with…

Sec. 39. The commissioner shall appoint such deputies, examiners, actuaries, assistants, and other employees in the department of insurance as may be found necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter and fix the compensation thereof, subject to the approval of the state…

Sec. 4. (a) The bureau shall file not less than once each calendar year recommended minimum premiums and rates for worker's compensation insurance subject to the approval of the commissioner. (b) There shall accompany each filing adequate proof that notice of the filing has been …

Sec. 4.5. The bureau may recommend a premium or rate discount for a municipal corporation purchasing or procuring worker's compensation insurance under IC 22-3-2-2(c) or a volunteer fire department purchasing worker's compensation insurance under IC 36-8-12-10 that has implemente…

Sec. 40. The bureau may collect data from its members under this chapter, including: (1) claims data; (2) policy data such as policy number, policy term, and employer and employee identification information; and (3) proof of coverage data such as employer identification informati…

Sec. 5. The management of said bureau shall be in the hands of duly elected officers or committees provided for in the bylaws of said bureau; each member of the bureau or member group with affiliate or subsidiary companies shall be entitled to only one (1) vote on any subject com…

Sec. 6. The bureau shall make by-laws for its government and for the government of its members. Such by-laws and amendments thereto shall be filed with and approved by the insurance commissioner before they shall be effective. Formerly: Acts 1935, c.323, s.6.

Sec. 7. In case of a tie vote in any committee or governing body of said bureau, the insurance commissioner shall decide the matter. Formerly: Acts 1935, c.323, s.7. As amended by P.L.204-2018, SEC.15.

Sec. 8. The bureau shall admit to membership every company lawfully engaged in whole or in part in writing worker's compensation insurance in Indiana. Formerly: Acts 1935, c.323, s.8. As amended by P.L.28-1988, SEC.90.

Sec. 9. The charges and expenses incident to the establishment and operation of the bureau shall be borne equitably and without discrimination among the members of the bureau. If any member is aggrieved by an apportionment of the cost or costs made by the bureau or by failure of …

Sec. 1. Every policy or certificate issued by any insurance corporation of this state doing business on the assessment plan, or any insurance corporation of any other state authorized to do an assessment insurance business in this state, and providing a payment to be made upon a …

Sec. 2. Failure to pay the amount, whether in friendly settlement or by judgment of court, within thirty (30) days of its adjudication, shall constitute a forfeiture of the right of the delinquent corporation to further continue in business in this state, in the case of an insura…

Sec. 1. (a) Whenever the commissioner has reasonable cause to believe, and determines, after a hearing held under IC 4-21.5-3, that any domestic insurer has committed or engaged in, or is about to commit or engage in, any act, practice, or transaction that would subject it to a d…

Sec. 2. (a) The commissioner may file in the Marion County circuit court a petition alleging, with respect to a domestic insurer: (1) that there exist grounds that justify a court order for a formal delinquency proceeding against the insurer under IC 27-9; (2) that the interests …

Sec. 3. In all proceedings and judicial reviews of those proceedings under sections 1 and 2 of this chapter, all records of the insurer, other documents, and all insurance department files, and court records and papers, so far as they concern or are a part of the record of the pr…

Sec. 1. (a) The commissioner: (1) shall administer this article, which regulates bail agents, recovery agents, and sureties; and (2) may adopt rules to enforce this article. (b) The commissioner may employ and discharge employees, examiners, counsel, and other assistants as neces…

Sec. 10. (a) Recognizances for the appearance of prisoners shall in all cases and in all courts be in writing, be taken with at least one (1) resident freehold surety or be secured by a surety company, and be substantially in the following form: STATE OF INDIANA ) ) SS: COUNTY OF…

Sec. 11. Such recognizance, together with a transcript of the proceedings and all papers in the case, shall be filed forthwith with the clerk of the proper court, who shall docket the cause and record such recognizance forthwith and enter it on the judgment docket, all as provide…

Sec. 12. (a) Only if a defendant does not appear as provided in the bond: (1) the court shall: (A) issue a warrant for the defendant's arrest; and (B) order the bail agent and the surety to surrender the defendant to the court immediately; (2) the clerk shall, less than thirty (3…

Sec. 13. All liability of the bail agent or surety may be enforced on motion without necessity of an independent action if conformance with sections 1 through 12 of this chapter is shown. As added by P.L.261-1985, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.224-1993, SEC.10.

Sec. 14. (a) When a bail agent or insurer accepts collateral, the bail agent or insurer shall give a written receipt for the collateral. The receipt shall give in detail a full description of the collateral received and the terms of redemption. The collateral shall be considered …

Sec. 15. If money or bonds have been deposited, bail by sureties may be substituted therefor at any time before a breach of the undertaking, and the official taking the new bail shall make an order that the money or bonds be refunded to the person depositing the same and they sha…

Sec. 16. (a) When the defendant has been admitted to bail, the defendant, or another in the defendant's behalf, may deposit with an official authorized to take bail, a sum of money, or nonregistered bonds of the United States, of the state, or of any county, city, or town within …

Sec. 2. Any written instrument purporting to be a copy of any action, proceeding, or finding of fact by the commissioner, or any record of the commissioner authenticated under the hand of the commissioner by the seal of the commissioner's office shall be accepted by all the court…

Sec. 3. (a) An undertaking is valid if it states: (1) the court where the defendant is to appear; (2) the amount of the bail; and (3) that it was made before an official legally authorized to take the bond. (b) A surety remains liable on an undertaking despite: (1) any lack of th…

Sec. 4. Every surety for the release of a person on bail shall be qualified as: (1) an insurer as defined and meeting the qualifications prescribed in IC 27-1-5-1, and represented by a bail agent as defined in and meeting the qualifications prescribed in this article; or (2) a pe…

Sec. 4.1. The commissioner shall regulate a charitable bail organization (as defined in section 4.5 of this chapter) in accordance with section 4.5 of this chapter. As added by P.L.147-2022, SEC.1.

Sec. 4.5. (a) The following definitions apply throughout this section: (1) "Charitable bail organization" means a business entity, or a nonprofit organization under: (A) the Internal Revenue Code; or (B) Indiana law; that exists for the purpose of paying cash bail for another per…

Sec. 4.6. The commissioner shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to implement section 4.5 of this chapter. As added by P.L.147-2022, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.93-2024, SEC.199.

Sec. 5. (a) Any time before there has been a breach of the undertaking in any type of bail and cash bond, the surety may surrender a defendant, or the defendant may surrender, to the official to whose custody the defendant was committed at the time bail was taken or to the offici…

Sec. 6. (a) The person desiring to make a surrender of the defendant shall be provided a certified copy of the undertakings and a certified copy of the arrest warrant forthwith by the clerk of the court having jurisdiction and shall deliver them together with the defendant to the…

Sec. 7. For the purpose of surrendering the defendant, the surety may apprehend the defendant before or after the forfeiture of the undertaking or may empower any law enforcement officer to make apprehension by providing written authority endorsed on a certified copy of the under…

Sec. 8. (a) The court shall give the bail agent or insurer legal written notice of the defendant's trial or hearing for purposes of entering a plea at least seventy-two (72) hours before the defendant's appearance is required unless the appearance is scheduled within seventy-two …

Sec. 9. (a) If the undertaking is a property bond, the clerk shall record the same in the proper records of the county. If the undertaking describes property in another county, the clerk of the trial court shall transmit the undertaking to the clerk of such other county, who shal…

Sec. 1. (a) A society is operating on the lodge system if it has a supreme governing body and subordinate lodges into which members are elected, initiated, or admitted in accordance with its laws, rules, and ritual. Subordinate lodges shall be required by the laws of the society …

Sec. 2. A society has a representative form of government if it meets all of the following conditions: (1) It has a supreme governing body constituted in one (1) of the following ways: (A) The supreme governing body is an assembly composed of delegates elected directly by the mem…

Sec. 3. A society shall operate for the benefit of members and their beneficiaries by: (1) providing benefits as specified in IC 27-11-6-1; and (2) operating for one (1) or more social, intellectual, educational, charitable, benevolent, moral, fraternal, patriotic, or religious p…