(1) A person shall not act as a life settlement provider unless the person holds a license of life settlement provider issued by the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services.
(2) The term “life settlement provider” does not apply to any of the following:
(a) Any 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. The exemption in this paragraph applies only with respect to such an assignment.
(b) An insurer issuing a life insurance policy providing accelerated benefits pursuant to ORS 743.154 or pursuant to the laws of the state to which the policy was subject when issued. The exemption in this paragraph applies only with respect to the relationship between the insurer and insured under such a policy.
(c) Any individual who enters into not more than one agreement in a calendar year for the transfer of life insurance policies for any value less than the expected death benefit.
(3) A life settlement provider may use the term “viatical settlement provider” to describe the business transacted under the license and may use the term “viatical settlement contract” instead of “life settlement contract.” [1995 c.342 §3]
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