Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 40-414a

  • 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.
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201

When a contract of annuity, a policy of insurance, or other contract of a life insurance company authorized to do business in this state is entered into with any person for the benefit of another, and such contract so provides, a person entitled to any of the proceeds retained thereunder by said company or to interest thereon shall not be permitted to commute, anticipate, encumber, alienate, or assign the principal or interest thereon, or any part thereof, nor shall any part of such principal or interest be subject to the claims of creditors of any such person, nor be in any way subject to such person’s debts, contracts, or engagements, or to any judicial process to levy upon or attach such proceeds for payment of such claims or demands, and such contracts shall be valid and enforceable.