26-25-104. Recovery of profits from certain sales and purchases of equity securities.

(a) For the purpose of preventing the unfair use of information obtained by the beneficial owner, director or officer because of his relationship to the insurer, any profit the beneficial owner, director or officer realizes from any purchase and sale, or any sale and purchase, of any equity security of the insurer within any period of less than six (6) months, unless the security is acquired in good faith in connection with a debt previously contracted, inures to and is recoverable by the insurer, even if it is the intention of the beneficial owner, director or officer in entering into the transaction of holding the security purchased or of not repurchasing the security sold for a period exceeding six (6) months from the date of the purchase or sale, as the case may be.

(b) Suit to recover the profit may be instituted in any court of competent jurisdiction by the insurer, or by the owner of any of the insurer's security in the name and in behalf of the insurer, if the insurer fails to bring suit within sixty (60) days from the date of request to do so or fails diligently to prosecute the suit thereafter. No suit to recover shall be brought more than two (2) years from the date the profit is realized.

(c) This section does not apply to any transaction:

(i) If the beneficial owner is not the beneficial owner both at the time of the purchase and sale, or the sale and purchase, of the security involved; or

(ii) Which the commissioner by rule and regulation exempts as not included within the purpose of this section.