Sec. 46. (a) The comparison of an insurer‘s total adjusted capital to any of its RBC levels is a regulatory tool that may indicate the need for possible corrective action with respect to the insurer and it is not intended as a means to rank insurers generally. Except as provided in subsection (b), the action of an insurer, an insurance producer, a broker, or other person engaged in any manner in the insurance business, in:

(1) making, publishing, disseminating, circulating, or placing before the public; or

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 27-1-36-46

  • capital: means the aggregate amount paid in on the shares of capital stock of a corporation issued and outstanding. See Indiana Code 27-1-2-3
  • Commissioner: means the "insurance commissioner" of this state. See Indiana Code 27-1-2-3
  • Insurance: means a contract of insurance or an agreement by which one (1) party, for a consideration, promises to pay money or its equivalent or to do an act valuable to the insured upon the destruction, loss or injury of something in which the other party has a pecuniary interest, or in consideration of a price paid, adequate to the risk, becomes security to the other against loss by certain specified risks; to grant indemnity or security against loss for a consideration. See Indiana Code 27-1-2-3
  • insurer: includes :

    Indiana Code 27-1-36-9.6

  • person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, and partnerships; personal pronoun includes all genders; the singular includes the plural and the plural includes the singular. See Indiana Code 27-1-2-3
  • RBC: refers to risk based capital. See Indiana Code 27-1-36-16
  • RBC level: means an insurer's:

    Indiana Code 27-1-36-18

  • total adjusted capital: means the sum of:

    Indiana Code 27-1-36-24

(2) causing, directly or indirectly to be made, published, disseminated, circulated, or placed before the public, in a newspaper, magazine, or other publication, or in the form of a notice, circular, pamphlet, letter, or poster, or over any radio or television station, or in any other way;

an advertisement, an announcement, or a statement containing an assertion, a representation, or a statement regarding the RBC level of an insurer or any component derived in the calculation of the RBC level of an insurer is misleading and is prohibited.

     (b) If:

(1) a materially false statement with respect to the comparison regarding an insurer’s total adjusted capital to an RBC level of the insurer or an inappropriate comparison of any other amount to the insurer’s RBC levels is published in any written publication; and

(2) the insurer is able to demonstrate to the commissioner with substantial proof the:

(A) falsity; or

(B) inappropriateness;

of the statement;

the insurer may publish an announcement in a written publication if the sole purpose of the announcement is to rebut the materially false statement.

As added by P.L.186-1996, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.178-2003, SEC.31.

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