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2615.25.00 INSURANCE Insurance policies owned by an individual may affect his eligibility and must be identified and evaluated. Types of insurance that may be taken into consideration include: • Life insurance Casualty insurance • Indiana Long Term Care Insurance Sections 2615.25.05.05 through 2615.25.15 discuss how these types of insurance are treated in the eligibility determinations for the different assistance programs. 2615.25.05 LIFE INSURANCE The following definitions are pertinent in the consideration of life insurance as a resource: • The insured is the individual whose life is covered by the policy. • The beneficiary is the individual or entity named in the contract to receive the proceeds of the policy upon the death of the insured. • The owner is the individual who has all rights and privileges of the contract and has the absolute right to liquidate the policy, exercise policy loans, change beneficiary, elect settlement options, determine the manner in which dividends will be treated, or any other rights and privileges granted in the policy. • The face value is the amount stated as such on the face of the policy. • The cash surrender value (CSV) is the amount which the insurer will pay upon cancellation of the policy before death or maturity. This value usually increases as more premiums are paid toward the policy. There are various types of life insurance. However, not all types of life insurance have cash value (for example, term insurance). Policies which have no cash value prior to payment of the death benefit, do not count in the resource determination. The presumption is that the cash value of a life insurance policy is a liquid resource.30 The CSV of insurance is available to the owner unless assigned or in some other manner transferred on the records of the insurance company to the insured or another person. Therefore, insurance is to be considered a resource to the owner and not to the insured if the specific assistance program takes the CSV into consideration. 2615.25.05.10 LIFE INSURANCE VALUE The CSV of a life insurance policy is counted as a resource if the owner is the applicant/recipient or a person whose resources are deemed to the AG.