Sec. 1. The term “annuity contract” as used in this chapter means:

(1) any individual deferred annuity contract; and

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 27-1-12.5-1

  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • annuity contract: as used in this chapter means:

    Indiana Code 27-1-12.5-1

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • premium: means money or any other thing of value paid or given in consideration to an insurer, insurance producer, or solicitor on account of or in connection with a contract of insurance and shall include as a part but not in limitation of the above, policy fees, admission fees, membership fees and regular or special assessments and payments made on account of annuities. See Indiana Code 27-1-2-3
(2) any group annuity contract delivered or issued in connection with a plan providing individual retirement accounts or individual annuities under Section 408 of the Internal Revenue Code;

but does not refer to any other group annuity or to any reinsurance, premium deposit fund, variable annuity, investment annuity, immediate annuity, any deferred annuity contract after annuity payments have commenced, or reversionary annuity, and any annuity contract delivered outside this state through an agent or other representative of the company issuing the contract.

As added by Acts 1977, P.L.286, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.2-1987, SEC.36.