Indiana Code Title 28. Financial Institutions § 28-1-11-7

Sec. 7. Any bank or trust company shall have power to be appointed and to accept the appointment and act as executor or trustee under the last will and testament, or as administrator, with or without the will annexed, of the estate of any deceased person, and to be appointed and to act under the order of appointment of any court of competent jurisdiction as executor of or trustee under any last will and testament, whenever it shall be the successor to any corporation appointed in such last will and testament, whether such succession is the result of merger, consolidation or otherwise.  Whenever a natural person is appointed with such corporation in any appointment as receiver, guardian, commissioner, trustee, executor, administrator with or without the will annexed, his appointment may be under such limitation of powers, and upon such terms and conditions as to the possession and control of the trust assets by such corporation, or otherwise, and as to the bond or security, if any, to be given by him, as the person appointed and such corporation may agree and the court or judge making the appointment shall approve.  Whenever any natural person who is appointed in any fiduciary capacity is required to give a bond or security for the faithful performance of his duties, such corporation shall have the power and authority to guarantee or become surety for such natural person if such corporation shall take possession and control of the assets belonging to any such estate or other fiduciary relationship, and if approved by the court having jurisdiction of the fiduciary.