IC 27-8-19.8-6: "Viatical settlement contract" defined

Sec. 6. As 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.