IC 27-9-3-40.5: Segregated investment accounts

Sec. 40.5. (a) A claim under a contract that is funded by an account established under IC 27-1-5-1 as a segregated investment account must be satisfied from the assets maintained in the account. The segregated investment account is not chargeable with a liability arising out of other business that the insurer conducts that has no specific relation to or dependence on the account.

(b) Surplus remaining in a segregated investment account by virtue of a guarantee by the insurer as described in IC 27-1-5-1 must be included in the assets of the insurer's estate.

(c) A deficit in a segregated investment account by virtue of a guarantee by an insurer as described in IC 27-1-5-1 must be treated as a Class 2 claim under section 40 of this chapter.