Section 27-8-19.8-6 - "Viatical settlement contract" definedAs used in this chapter, "viatical settlement contract" means an agreement for the purchase, sale, assignment, transfer, devise, or bequest of a portion of the death benefit or ownership of a life insurance policy or contract for consideration that is less than the expected death benefit of the life insurance policy or contract. The term does not include the following:
(1) A loan by an insurer under the terms of a life insurance policy, including a loan secured by the cash value of a policy.(2) An agreement with a bank, savings bank, savings and loan association, credit union, or other licensed lending institution that takes an assignment of a life insurance policy as collateral for a loan.(3) The provision of accelerated death benefits by an insurer to an insured under the provisions of a life insurance contract.(4) Agreements between an insurer and a reinsurer.(5) An agreement by a person who enters into not more than one (1) such agreement in any five (5) year period to purchase a life insurance policy or contract for the transfer of a life insurance policy for a value that is less than the expected death benefit.As added by P.L. 130-1994, SEC.47 and P.L. 116-1994, SEC.70. Amended by P.L. 32-1998, SEC.6; P.L. 128-2000, SEC.2.