Ind. Code § 27-1-6-12

Sec. 12. Upon the issuance of the permit for completion of organization by the department, the corporate existence shall begin, and thereupon such incorporators and their associates shall become a body corporate with power to sue and be sued, contract and be contracted with, adopt a seal, and do such other acts, subject to the provisions and to the restrictions of this article, as shall be needful to accomplish the purpose of completing its organization, provided, that such company shall not issue policies or enter into contracts of insurance until it shall have received the certificate of the department authorizing it so to do.