CHAPTER 19. REORGANIZATION OF FOREIGN COMPANIES INTO DOMESTIC COMPANIES
IC 27-1-19
Chapter 19. Reorganization of Foreign Companies Into Domestic
Companies
IC 27-1-19-1
Authority to reorganize as domestic company
Sec. 1. Any foreign life insurance company authorized to do
business in this state, and empowered by the laws of the state,
territory or insular possession of the United States, or the District of
Columbia under which it was incorporated to reincorporate, is hereby
authorized to reorganize under the laws of this state by compliance
with the provisions of this chapter and thereafter be a new
corporation of this state under this article.
(Formerly: Acts 1935, c.162, s.240.) As amended by P.L.252-1985,
SEC.81.
IC 27-1-19-2
Articles of reorganization; adoption by directors; contents
Sec. 2. (a) The board of directors of any such company desiring
to reorganize under this article shall, after full compliance with the
laws of state, territory, or insular possession of the United States, or
the District of Columbia, under which the company was incorporated
or organized, by a resolution adopted by a majority vote of the
members of such board, approve and adopt articles of reorganization
setting forth:
(1) the name of the company;
(2) the location of its principal office and the location of its
proposed principal office in this state;
(3) the date of its incorporation or organization;
(4) a designation of the statute under which it was organized;
(5) a declaration that it accepts all of the terms and provisions
of this article; and
(6) a restatement of such provisions of its articles of
incorporation or association as may be deemed advisable so
long as the provisions restated would have been authorized by
this article as provisions of original articles of incorporation for
a company organized under this article.
(b) Upon the approval and adoption thereof by the board of
directors, the articles of reorganization shall be executed and signed
in triplicate originals by the president and the secretary of the
company, and acknowledged and sworn to before an officer
authorized to take the acknowledgments of deeds by the officers
signing the same.
(Formerly: Acts 1935, c.162, s.241.) As amended by P.L.252-1985,
SEC.82.
IC 27-1-19-3
Articles of reorganization; presentation and approval
Sec. 3. The articles of reorganization shall be presented to the
department, accompanied by a certified copy of the resolution of the
board of directors adopting and approving the same, signed by the
president and secretary of the company. The department may
approve or disapprove the articles of reorganization, in the same
manner as provided in IC 27-1-6-8. In the event the department
approves the articles of reorganization as provided, it shall then
submit them to the attorney general for the state of Indiana, who shall
examine such articles and endorse his approval thereon and return
them to the department in the same manner as provided in
IC 27-1-6-9. When the articles of reorganization have been approved
by the attorney general and returned to the department, the
department shall present them to the secretary of state for the state of
Indiana, who shall endorse his approval thereon in the same manner
as provided in IC 27-1-6-10 and file one (1) copy in his office and
return the other two (2) copies to the company or its representatives.
(Formerly: Acts 1935, c.162, s.242.) As amended by P.L.252-1985,
SEC.83.
IC 27-1-19-4
Certificate of authority
Sec. 4. When the provisions of sections 1, 2, and 3 of this chapter
have been complied with and the applicant has fulfilled all the
requirements imposed by this article upon a similar domestic
company doing a like business, then the commissioner may, in his
discretion, issue a certificate of authority as provided in
IC 27-1-6-18.
(Formerly: Acts 1935, c.162, s.243.) As amended by P.L.252-1985,
SEC.84.
IC 27-1-19-5
Continuation of existing obligations
Sec. 5. Any such corporation so organizing under the provisions
of this article is hereby required to faithfully carry out any and all
rights, duties, obligations, contracts, and any and all other liabilities
of every kind and description existing in its favor or against it at the
time of its reorganization under the provisions of this article, and it
shall have the rights, privileges, powers, duties, and responsibilities,
unchanged and unaffected, which it had at the time of such
reorganization under the provisions of this article; nothing contained
in this chapter or authorized by this chapter shall impair or operate
to impair the obligations of any contract existing at the time of the
creation of the new corporation, but such new corporation shall be
subject to and shall assume, carry out, fulfill, and pay all liabilities,
obligations, responsibilities, and contracts connected with and arising
out of its business prior to such reincorporation.
(Formerly: Acts 1935, c.162, s.244.) As amended by P.L.252-1985,
SEC.85.
IC 27-1-19-6
Vesting of assets in new corporation; name; treatment of real
estate
Sec. 6. Upon compliance with the provisions of this article, the
entire assets of any such corporation shall thereby become vested in
the new corporation. The name of the new corporation may be the
same as the former corporation, or, upon resolution of the board of
trustees or directors or other governing body, such name may be
changed. If such corporation shall be the owner of any real estate
situate in said state of Indiana or of any other state, such real estate
shall become vested, upon compliance with this statute, in the new
corporation, and a copy of such resolution, duly certified by the
secretary of state and filed in the recorder's office of the proper
county in which such real estate may be situated, shall constitute a
conveyance of said real estate to said new corporation.
(Formerly: Acts 1935, c.162, s.245.) As amended by P.L.252-1985,
SEC.86.
IC 27-1-19-7
Reports; regulation and supervision; location of principal office
Sec. 7. Such new corporation shall hereafter make its reports in
accordance with the laws of the state of Indiana, and shall be subject
to the exclusive regulation and supervision of the department of
insurance of the state of Indiana, and thereafter shall make its
applications for the purpose of doing business in other states, and
countries, as a corporation of the state of Indiana, and shall be
subject to regulation and supervision by the insurance departments
of other states and countries as a foreign insurance company. In its
resolution for reincorporation under this law, it shall state the
location of its principal office, which shall be in this state.
(Formerly: Acts 1935, c.162, s.246.)
IC 27-1-19-8
Directors
Sec. 8. The board of directors, or other governing body, of such
corporation, shall remain for the new corporation, the same as for the
old, until changed by the board of directors of the new corporation.
Their election and terms of office shall remain the same as they were
prior to the new incorporation.
(Formerly: Acts 1935, c.162, s.247.)