Section 632.65. Annuities exempt from regulation.

 

(1)  In this section, “qualified charitable gift annuity" means an annuity that satisfies all of the following:

(a) The annuity is established under a transaction that, for federal income tax purposes, is treated partly as a charitable contribution under section 170 of the Internal Revenue Code and partly as an investment in an annuity contract under section 72 of the Internal Revenue Code.

(b) The annuity meets the requirements of an annuity for which the obligation to pay is excluded from the definition of “acquisition indebtedness" under section 514 (c) (5) of the Internal Revenue Code.

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(a) Notwithstanding any provision of chs. 600 to 646 to the contrary and except as provided in this section, a qualified charitable gift annuity is not subject to regulation under chs. 600 to 646 .

(b) A charitable organization may not issue a qualified charitable gift annuity unless the charitable organization has been in continuous existence for at least 3 years, or is a successor or affiliate of a charitable organization that has been in continuous existence for at least 3 years.

(c) A qualified charitable gift annuity contract must include the following disclosure statement: “A qualified charitable gift annuity is not insurance under the laws of this state and is not subject to regulation by the commissioner of insurance of this state or protected by an insurance guaranty fund or an insurance guaranty association."

(3)  This section applies to qualified charitable gift annuities in existence on or after April 18, 2014. A person that issued before April 18, 2014, a qualified charitable gift annuity that is in existence on April 18, 2014, shall provide notice of the provisions of this section to the policy owner or beneficiary, whichever is appropriate, of the qualified charitable gift annuity.

2013 a. 271 ; 2015 a. 195 s. 82 .