Sec. 5. (a) Subject to such rules as the department finds to be necessary and proper, any insurance company other than one organized as a life insurance company organized under the provisions of this article or any other law of this state and authorized to make any or all of the kinds of insurance described in Class 2 or Class 3 of IC 27-1-5-1 shall have the following powers:
(1) To make such loans and advances of credit and purchase of obligations representing loans and advances of credit as are eligible for insurance by the federal housing administrator, and to obtain such insurance.
(2) To make such loans secured by mortgages on real property or leasehold, as the federal housing administrator insures or makes a commitment to insure, and to obtain such insurance.
(3) To purchase, invest its capital and other funds in, and dispose of, notes or bonds secured by deed of trusts or mortgage insured by the federal housing administrator or debentures issued by the federal housing administrator, or bonds or other securities issued by national mortgage associations.
(b) No law of this state prescribing the nature, amount, or form of security or requiring security upon which loans or advances of credits may be made, or prescribing or limiting interest rates upon loans or advances of credit, or prescribing or limiting the period for which loans or advances of credit may be made shall be deemed to apply to loans, advances of credit, or purchases made pursuant to subsections (a)(1) and (a)(2).
(c) Any rule made and promulgated under and pursuant to this section may apply to one (1) or more of the insurance companies to which this section is applicable.
Formerly: Acts 1935, c.162, s.173; Acts 1937, c.288, s.4. As amended by P.L.252-1985, SEC.68.
Structure Indiana Code
Article 1. Department of Insurance
Chapter 13. Casualty, Fire, and Marine Insurance Company Powers and Policy Requirements
27-1-13-0.1. Application of Certain Amendments to Chapter
27-1-13-3. Investment of Capital and Funds Above Capital; Real Estate Interests
27-1-13-4. Valuation of Bonds and Securities
27-1-13-5. Insured Loans and Investments
27-1-13-6. Limitation on Risks; Effect of Reinsurance
27-1-13-7. Policy Requirements
27-1-13-7.5. Newly Acquired Motor Vehicle; Required Coverage
27-1-13-8. Estimating Condition; Classification of Items as Assets or Liabilities; Reserves
27-1-13-8.5. Rules to Prescribe Minimum Standards for Establishment of Reserves
27-1-13-9. Trading or Dealing in Commodities, Goods, Wares, and Merchandise
27-1-13-10. Insurance Rating Bureaus; Organizational Regulations
27-1-13-11. Insurance Rating Bureaus; Meetings; Appearance by Aggrieved Persons
27-1-13-12. Insurance Rating Bureau; Division of Representation