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.
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