Sec. 2.3. (a) As used in this section, “captive insurer” means a foreign company or an alien company:

(1) that is supervised in the foreign or alien jurisdiction;

(2) that is owned by a person that conducts business in Indiana;

(3) whose exclusive purpose is to insure property and casualty risks of:

(A) the parent entity described in subdivision (2);

(B) affiliates of the parent entity; or

(C) a controlled unaffiliated business;

which may include reinsuring (through risk-sharing arrangements) property and casualty risks insured by other foreign companies or alien companies described in subdivision (1); and

(4) that:

(A) is owned or controlled by a state educational institution (as defined by IC 21-7-13-32); or

(B) has made an election under Section 831(b) of the Internal Revenue Code if that election is in effect.

     (b) As used in this section, “controlled unaffiliated business” means a business:

(1) that:

(A) is not an affiliate of; and

(B) has a contractual relationship with;

a parent entity described in subsection (a)(2) or an affiliate of the parent entity; and

(2) the risks of which are managed by a captive insurer.

     (c) Except as provided in this section, this article does not apply to a captive insurer.

     (d) A captive insurer that is doing business in Indiana:

(1) is not required to obtain a certificate of authority in Indiana under IC 27-1-6 for domestic formation or under IC 27-1-17 for foreign company admission;

(2) shall register with the commissioner; and

(3) shall, for each calendar year after 2012 in which the captive insurer is doing business in Indiana, pay into the treasury of this state a tax of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500).

     (e) A captive insurer that is required to pay the tax imposed for a calendar year under subsection (d)(3) shall pay the tax as follows:

(1) For a tax imposed under subsection (d)(3) for calendar year 2013, the captive insurer shall pay the tax before July 1, 2014.

(2) For a tax imposed under subsection (d)(3) for a calendar year after 2013, the captive insurer shall pay the tax before April 15 of the following calendar year.

     (f) The state and a political subdivision of the state shall not impose a license fee or privilege or other tax on a captive insurer, except the following:

(1) The tax described in subsection (d)(3).

(2) An applicable tax on real and tangible personal property of the captive insurer.

As added by P.L.129-2014, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.242-2015, SEC.42.

   Sec. 3. Before an organization may offer health benefit coverage under this chapter, the organization must file with the insurance commissioner a certification that:

(1) the organization qualifies as a nonprofit agricultural organization under section 1 of this chapter; and

(2) the health benefit coverage that the organization will offer qualifies as nonprofit agricultural organization coverage under section 2 of this chapter.

As added by P.L.136-2020, SEC.1.