Illinois Code § 815 ILCS 5/2.33

Viatical investment.
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"Viatical investment"
means the contractual right to receive any portion of the death
benefit or ownership of a life insurance policy or certificate
for consideration that is less than the expected death benefit
of the life insurance policy or certificate. "Viatical
investment" does not include:
 
 
(1) any transaction between a viator and a viatical 
 
settlement provider, as defined in the Viatical Settlements Act of 2009; 
 
 
(2) any transfer of ownership or beneficial interest 
 
in a life insurance policy from a viatical settlement provider to another viatical settlement provider, as defined in the Viatical Settlements Act of 2009, or to any legal entity formed solely for the purpose of holding ownership or beneficial interest in a life insurance policy or policies; 
 
 
(3) the bona fide assignment of a life insurance 
 
policy to a bank, savings bank, savings and loan association, credit union, or financial institution as collateral for a loan; for the purposes of this item (3), "financial institution" means financial institution as defined by the Viatical Settlements Act of 2009; or 
 
 
(4) a policy loan by a life insurance company or the 
 
exercise of accelerated benefits pursuant to the terms of a life insurance policy issued in accordance with the Illinois Insurance Code. 

settlement provider, as defined in the Viatical Settlements Act of 2009;
in a life insurance policy from a viatical settlement provider to another viatical settlement provider, as defined in the Viatical Settlements Act of 2009, or to any legal entity formed solely for the purpose of holding ownership or beneficial interest in a life insurance policy or policies;
policy to a bank, savings bank, savings and loan association, credit union, or financial institution as collateral for a loan; for the purposes of this item (3), "financial institution" means financial institution as defined by the Viatical Settlements Act of 2009; or
exercise of accelerated benefits pursuant to the terms of a life insurance policy issued in accordance with the Illinois Insurance Code.

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