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IC 27-8-19.8-7.8: "Stranger originated life insurance" defined

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  1. TITLE 27. INSURANCE
  2. ARTICLE 8. LIFE, ACCIDENT, AND HEALTH
  3. Chapter 19.8. Viatical Settlements

Sec. 7.8. (a) As used in this chapter, "stranger originated life insurance" means a practice or plan to initiate a life insurance policy for the benefit of a third party investor who, at the time the life insurance policy is originated, has no insurable interest in the insured.

(b) The term includes the following:

(1) An arrangement under which, at the time of life insurance policy inception:

(A) a life insurance policy is purchased with resources or guarantees from or through a person that is not legally permitted to initiate the life insurance policy; and

(B) a written or verbal arrangement or agreement is made to transfer the ownership of the life insurance policy or policy benefits to a third party.

(2) A trust that is:

(A) created to give an appearance of the existence of an insurable interest; and

(B) used to initiate a life insurance policy for an investor.

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