Annual financial statement; effect of certification by certified public accountant

Sec. 14. (a) Every such company doing business in this state shall file with the department on or before March 15 in each year a financial statement for the year ending December 31 immediately preceding on forms furnished by the department. Such statement shall include a showing that the sum of ten percent (10%) of all actual premiums received by such company, on account of such title insurance business, during the year ending on December 31 prior thereto, as required by section 9 of this chapter, has been duly set apart and is held by such company in said title insurance reserve fund or is held on deposit by the department as provided in section 9 of this chapter. Such statement shall be verified by the oaths of the president or a vice president and the secretary or an assistant secretary. (b) If the annual statement, as required by this section, shall be certified to by a certified public accountant, then such statement shall be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein, and the department may in its discretion accept such certified statements in lieu of an examination under this chapter.