2023 Indiana Code › Title 27. Insurance › Article 1. Department of Insurance › Chapter 6. Formation of Domestic Companies › 27-1-6-14. Stock Companies; Capital Stock and Surplus Requirements

Sec. 14. (a) A domestic capital stock company that organized before March 7, 1967, must maintain a paid-in capital stock of not less than:
(1) two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000), if it markets one (1) or more kinds of insurance under Class I;
(2) two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000), if it markets one (1) kind of insurance under Class II, other than Class II(k) insurance;
(3) three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000), if it markets two (2) kinds of insurance under Class II, other than Class II(k) insurance;
(4) four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000), if it markets three (3) or more kinds of insurance under Class II, other than Class II(k) insurance;
(5) four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000), if it markets one (1) or more kinds of insurance under Class III;
(6) seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000), if it markets one (1) or more kinds of insurance under both Class II and Class III; or
(7) seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000), if it markets one (1) or more kinds of insurance under Class II, including Class II(k) insurance.
(b) A domestic capital stock company that organized after March 6, 1967, and before July 1, 1977, must maintain a paid-in capital stock of not less than:
(1) four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000), if it markets one (1) or more kinds of insurance under Class I;
(2) four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000), if it markets one (1) or more kinds of insurance under Class II, other than Class II(k) insurance;
(3) four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000), if it markets one (1) or more kinds of insurance under Class III;
(4) seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000), if it markets one (1) or more kinds of insurance under both Class II and Class III; or
(5) seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000), if it markets one (1) or more kinds of insurance under Class II, including Class II(k) insurance.
(c) A domestic capital stock company that organized after June 30, 1977, must maintain a paid-in capital stock of not less than one million dollars ($1,000,000).
(d) A domestic capital stock company must deposit with the department the following percentage of its paid-in capital stock requirement under this section in cash or in obligations of the United States:
(1) Twenty-five percent (25%), if it organized before July 1, 1977.
(2) Ten percent (10%), if it organized after June 30, 1977.
(e) A domestic capital stock company must maintain a surplus of not less than two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000). However, when it organizes, it must have a surplus of not less than one million dollars ($1,000,000).
(f) If the commissioner determines that the continued operation of a domestic capital stock company may be hazardous to the policyholders or the general public, the commissioner may, upon the commissioner's determination, issue an order requiring the insurer to increase the insurer's capital and surplus based on the type, volume, and nature of the business transacted.
Formerly: Acts 1935, c.162, s.74; Acts 1955, c.316, s.1; Acts 1959, c.13, s.1; Acts 1967, c.127, s.2. As amended by Acts 1977, P.L.282, SEC.1; Acts 1980, P.L.169, SEC.1; P.L.130-1994, SEC.14; P.L.116-1994, SEC.19.