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Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
Sec. 7. (a) The department may promulgate rules and regulations for any of the following enumerated purposes:
(1) For the conduct of the work of the department.
(2) Prescribing the methods and standards to be used in making the examinations and prescribing the forms of reports of the several insurance companies to which IC 27-1 is applicable.
(3) Defining what is a safe or an unsafe manner and a safe or an unsafe condition for conducting business by any insurance company to which IC 27-1 is applicable.
(4) For the establishment of safe and sound methods for the transaction of business by such insurance companies and for the purpose of safeguarding the interests of policyholders, creditors, and shareholders respecting the withdrawal or payment of funds by any life insurance company in times of emergency. Any rule or regulation promulgated under this subdivision may apply to one (1) or more insurance companies as the department may determine.
(5) For the administration and termination of the affairs of any such insurance company which is in involuntary liquidation or whose business and property have been taken possession of by the department for the purpose of rehabilitation, liquidation, conservation, or dissolution under IC 27-1.
(6) For the regulation of the solicitation or use of proxies, in general and as they concern consents or authorizations, in respect of securities issued by any domestic stock company for the purpose of protecting investors by prescribing the form of proxies, including such consents or authorizations, and by requiring adequate disclosure of information relevant to such proxies, including such consents or authorizations, and relevant to the business to be transacted at any meeting of shareholders with respect to which such proxies, including such consents or authorizations, may be used, which regulations may, in general, conform to those prescribed by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.
(7) For regulation related to a health benefit exchange established under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148), as amended by the federal Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-152), and operating in Indiana.
(b) The department may adopt a rule under IC 4-22-2 to provide reasonable simplification of the terms and coverage of individual and group Medicare supplement accident and sickness insurance policies and individual and group Medicare supplement subscriber contracts in order to facilitate public understanding and comparison and to eliminate provisions contained in those policies or contracts which may be misleading or confusing in connection either with the purchase of those coverages or with the settlement of claims and to provide for full disclosure in the sale of those coverages.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Indiana Code Title 27. Insurance § 27-1-3-7 - last updated January 02, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/in/title-27-insurance/in-code-sect-27-1-3-7/
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