2010 Arkansas Code
Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries
Subtitle 3 - Insurance
Chapter 79 - Insurance Policies Generally
Subchapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 23-79-132 - Exemption of proceeds -- Group life.

23-79-132. Exemption of proceeds -- Group life.

(a) (1) A policy of group life insurance or the proceeds thereof payable to the individual insured or to the beneficiary thereunder shall not be liable, either before or after payment, to be applied by any legal or equitable process to pay any debt or liability of the insured individual, or his or her beneficiary, or of any other person having a right under the policy.

(2) The proceeds of the policy, when not made payable to a named beneficiary or to a third person pursuant to a facility-of-payment clause, shall not constitute a part of the estate of the individual insured for the payment of his or her debts.

(b) This section shall not apply to group life insurance issued pursuant to 23-83-106 to a creditor covering his or her debtors to the extent that the proceeds are applied to payment of the obligation for the purpose of which the insurance was so issued.