Sec. 2.5. (a) A bank or trust company may act as an insurance producer for the sale of any life insurance policy or annuity contract issued by a life insurance company authorized to do business in any state in which the agent operates.

     (b) A bank or trust company that acts as an insurance producer for the sale of a life insurance policy or an annuity contract in Indiana:

Terms Used In Indiana Code 28-1-11-2.5

  • 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.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Personal property: includes goods, chattels, evidences of debt, and things in action. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
(1) is subject to all requirements of IC 27; and

(2) must comply with the disclosure requirements under IC 27-1-38.

     (c) A bank or trust company may not condition:

(1) an extension of credit;

(2) a lease or sale of real or personal property;

(3) the performance of services; or

(4) the amount charged for:

(A) extending credit;

(B) leasing or selling real or personal property; or

(C) performing services;

upon a person’s purchase of a life insurance policy or an annuity contract from the bank or trust company or an affiliate (as defined in IC 28-2-13-3) of the bank or trust company.

     (d) This section does not prohibit a bank or trust company from requiring that a person, as a condition to a transaction, obtain a life insurance policy from an insurance company acceptable to the bank or trust company.

As added by P.L.262-1995, SEC.29. Amended by P.L.188-1997, SEC.4; P.L.130-2002, SEC.5; P.L.192-2003, SEC.2; P.L.178-2003, SEC.90.