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Indiana Code Title 27. Insurance § 27-1-25-6

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Sec. 6.  (a) An administrator is a fiduciary in collecting or returning premiums or charges for the insurer with whom it has a written agreement for administrative services.

(b) Funds collected by the administrator shall be immediately remitted to the person entitled to the funds or deposited in a fiduciary account, which shall be established and maintained by the administrator in a federally insured or state insured financial institution.

(c) The administrator shall maintain records clearly showing the deposits and withdrawals from the fiduciary account for each insurer with whom it has a written agreement for administrative services.  The administrator shall furnish to the insurer:

(1) upon the insurer's request, copies of the required records;  and

(2) at intervals specified in the written agreement, a periodic accounting of transactions performed by the administrator pertaining to the business underwritten by the insurer.

(d) Subject to the written agreement required by section 2 of this chapter, withdrawals from the fiduciary account shall only be made for the following:

(1) Remittance to an insurer entitled to the funds.

(2) Deposit in an account maintained in the name of the insurer with whom the administrator has a written agreement.

(3) Transfer to and deposit in a claims paying account, with claims to be paid as required under section 7 of this chapter.

(4) Payment to a group policyholder for remittance to the insurer entitled to the funds.

(5) Payment to the administrator for its commission, fees, or charges.

(6) Remittance of return premiums to the person entitled to the funds.

(e) An administrator may not pay any claim with money withdrawn from a fiduciary account established under subsection (b) in which premiums or charges are deposited.

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