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Indiana Code Title 27. Insurance § 27-4-4-4

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

Sec. 4. (a) Before any unauthorized foreign or alien insurer shall file or cause to be filed any pleading in any action, suit, or proceeding instituted against it, such unauthorized insurer shall:

(1) deposit, with the clerk of the court in which such action, suit, or proceeding is pending, cash or securities, or file with such clerk a bond with good and sufficient sureties, to be approved by the court, in an amount to be fixed by the court sufficient to secure the payment of any final judgment which may be rendered in such action;  or

(2) procure a certificate of authority to transact the business of insurance in this state.

(b) The court in any action, suit, or proceeding, in which service is made in the manner provided in section 3 of this chapter may, in its discretion, order such postponement as may be necessary to afford the defendant reasonable opportunity to comply with the provisions of subsection (a) and to defend such action.

(c) Nothing in subsection (a) is to be construed to prevent an unauthorized foreign or alien insurer from filing a motion to quash a writ or to set aside service made in the manner provided in section 3 of this chapter on the ground either:

(1) that such unauthorized insurer has not done any of the acts enumerated in section 3(a) of this chapter;  or

(2) that the person on whom service was made pursuant to section 3(c) of this chapter was not doing any of the acts enumerated in section 3(c) of this chapter.

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