Sec. 15. A board of directors, director, or officer of any insurance company doing business in this state who lends any of its money or other property, to any director or officer of the insurance company commits a Class B misdemeanor. A director or officer who borrows from the insurance company any money or other property commits a Class B misdemeanor. However, this section does not apply to:

(1) the continuation to maturity of any loan that did not violate this section when it was made; or

Attorney's Note

Under the Indiana Code, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Class B misdemeanorup to 180 daysup to $1,000
For details, see Ind. Code § 35-50-3-3

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 27-1-7-15

  • 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
  • life insurance company: means any company making one or more of the kinds of insurance set out and defined in class 1(a) of IC 27-1-5-1. See Indiana Code 27-1-2-3
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
(2) a loan made by a life insurance company to any director or officer of the company in an amount not greater than the net cash surrender value of, and secured by, a policy with the company held by the borrower; or

(3) a loan made by any insurance company to an officer, other than a director, secured by a first mortgage loan upon a single-family dwelling, condominium unit or cooperative apartment unit, which is the borrower’s personal residence acquired on account of the officer’s relocation or initial employment.

Formerly: Acts 1935, c.162, s.93. As amended by Acts 1978, P.L.2, SEC.2707; Acts 1981, P.L.235, SEC.1.