Indiana § 27-15-13-2 Acquisition of beneficial ownership; factors for approval procedure

Indiana Statutes

§ 27-15-13-2 — Acquisition of beneficial ownership; factors for approval procedure

Indiana § 27-15-13-2

Title 27INSURANCE

Art. 15DEMUTUALIZATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE

Ch. 13Initial Limits on Ownership of Shares

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Ind. Code § 27-15-13-2 (2026).

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(a)The commissioner may not approve an acquisition under section 1(a) of this chapter unless the commissioner finds that:

(1)the requirements of IC 27-1-23-2(e) will be satisfied;

(2)the acquisition will not frustrate the plan of conversion or the amendment to the articles of incorporation as approved by the members and the commissioner;

(3)the boards of directors of the former mutual and any parent company have approved the acquisition; and

(4)the acquisition would be in the best interest of the present and future policyholders of the former mutual without regard to any interest of policyholders as shareholders of the former mutual or any parent company.

(b)The commissioner shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to establish a procedure under which an institutional investor that is not a

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(a) The commissioner may not approve an
acquisition under section 1(a) of this chapter unless the commissioner
finds that:
(1) the requirements of IC 27-1-23-2(e) will be satisfied;
(2) the acquisition will not frustrate the plan of conversion or the
amendment to the articles of incorporation as approved by the
members and the commissioner;
(3) the boards of directors of the former mutual and any parent
company have approved the acquisition; and
(4) the acquisition would be in the best interest of the present and
future policyholders of the former mutual without regard to any
interest of policyholders as shareholders of the former mutual or
any parent company.
(b) The commissioner shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to establish
a procedure under which an institutional investor that is not affiliated
with the former mutual or a parent company may be considered to have
been approved by the commissioner under this section to acquire
beneficial ownership of at least five percent (5%) or less than ten
percent (10%) of the outstanding shares of any class of a voting
security of the former mutual or any parent company upon the filing
with the commissioner of:
(1) a certificate executed by appropriate officers of the former
mutual and any parent company certifying that:
(A) the acquisition has been approved by the boards of directors
of the former mutual and any parent company; and
(B) the institutional investor is not an affiliate of the former
mutual or any parent company; and
(2) a certificate executed by appropriate officers of the
institutional investor:
(A) certifying that the institutional investor will acquire the
shares in the ordinary course of its business and not with the
purpose nor with the effect of changing or influencing the
control, management, or policies of the former mutual or the
parent company;
(B) certifying that the institutional investor is not an affiliate of
the former mutual or any parent company; and
(C) undertaking to notify the commissioner and the former
mutual and any parent company in writing not less than twenty
(20) business days before any change in the matters certified.
The commissioner may require the filing of any other information the
commissioner considers necessary and may provide in the rules for
remedies or consequences upon receipt of a notice under subdivision
(2)(C), including divestiture and denial of voting rights.