Sec. 35. (a) Any resident of this state who becomes entitled to receive payment of an obligation in cash under the terms of a policy of individual life insurance issued in this state, including any death benefit riders attached thereto, endowment insurance or an individual annuity contract, shall be entitled to receive payment of interest from the insuring company if any payment is not received by such resident within thirty (30) days after the event giving rise to the obligation, or within thirty (30) days after the scheduled date of payment as the case may be. Interest payable shall be calculated from the date of the event or the scheduled date of payment. However, any interest awarded by a court shall be in lieu of that provided in this section.
(b) The rate of interest payable pursuant to this section shall be not less than that rate, as determined from time to time by the insuring company, applicable to proceeds of life insurance left on deposit with the insuring company and subject to withdrawal on demand.
(c) For the purposes of this section, payment shall be deemed to have been received by a resident when manually delivered by an agent or representative of the insuring company or when deposited by the insuring company in the United States mails, postage prepaid, and directed to the resident at his last known address as evidenced by the business records of the insuring company.
As added by Acts 1978, P.L.8, SEC.15.