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Indiana Code Title 27. Insurance § 27-1-3.1-8

Current as of January 01, 2026 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Sec. 8. (a) The commissioner or any of the commissioner's examiners:

(1) may conduct an examination under this chapter of any company as often as the commissioner, in the commissioner's sole discretion, considers appropriate;  and

(2) shall, at a minimum, conduct an examination of every insurer licensed in Indiana at least once every five (5) years.

(b) In scheduling and determining the nature, scope, and frequency of the examinations, the commissioner shall consider such matters as the results of financial statement analyses and ratios, changes in management or ownership, actuarial opinions, reports of independent certified public accountants, and other criteria as set forth in the Financial Condition Examiner's Handbook and the Market Regulation Handbook, whichever is applicable.

(c) For purposes of completing an examination of any company under this chapter, the commissioner may examine or investigate any person, or the business of any person, in so far as such examination or investigation is, in the sole discretion of the commissioner, necessary or material to the examination of the company.

(d) In lieu of an examination under this chapter of any foreign or alien insurer licensed in Indiana, the commissioner may accept an examination report on such company as prepared by the insurance department of the company's state of domicile or port-of-entry state until January 1, 1994.  After January 1, 1994, those reports may only be accepted if:

(1) the insurance department that prepared the report was at the time of the examination accredited under the Financial Regulation Standards and Accreditation Program;  or

(2) the examination is performed with the participation of one (1) or more examiners who are employed by an accredited State Insurance Department and who after a review of the examination work papers and report state under oath that the examination was performed in a manner consistent with the standards and procedures required by their insurance department.

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