Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 27 > Article 1 > Chapter 1 - Department Created

• Attorney: includes a counselor or other person authorized to appear and represent a party in an action or special proceeding. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• casualty insurance company: means any company making the kind or kinds of insurance set out and defined in class 2 of IC 27-1-5-1. See Indiana Code 27-1-2-3
• Clerk: means the clerk of the court or a person authorized to perform the clerk's duties. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Commissioner: means the "insurance commissioner" of this state. See Indiana Code 27-1-2-3
• Department: means "the department of insurance" 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
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.