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Terms Used In Indiana Code 27-8-19.8-25

  • Bequest: Property gifted by will.
  • department: refers to the department of insurance. See Indiana Code 27-8-19.8-2
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
   Sec. 25. The department may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to establish standards for evaluating the reasonableness of payments under viatical settlement contracts, including regulation of discount rates used to determine the amount paid in exchange for an assignment, a bequest, a devise, a sale, or a transfer of a benefit under a life insurance policy.

As added by P.L.130-1994, SEC.47 and P.L.116-1994, SEC.70. Amended by P.L.32-1998, SEC.30.