No officer, director or trustee of any insurer shall be subject to any personal liability by reason of any payment, or determination not to contest payment, deemed by the board of directors or trustees to be in the corporate interests of such insurer, of any license, excise, privilege, premium, occupation or other fee or tax to any state, territory or political subdivision thereof (including the District of Columbia), unless prior to such payment the statute, ordinance or other law imposing such fee or tax shall have been expressly held invalid by the state court having final appellate jurisdiction in the premises, or by the Supreme Court of the United States.
IC 27-2-7-2