Indiana Code Title 27. Insurance § 27-1-12-15

Sec. 15. (a) Any person who is not of the full age of Eighteen (18) years but who is of the age, as determined by the nearest birthday, of not less than sixteen (16) years, shall be deemed competent to contract for life, accident and sickness insurance or annuities upon the life of such minor for the benefit of such minor or for the benefit of the father, mother, husband, wife, brother or sister, child or children, or any grandparent of such minor, and to exercise and enjoy every right, privilege and benefit provided by any such contracts on the life of such minor, subject to the foregoing limitations as to the designation of beneficiary.

(b) No person who shall have attained the age of eighteen (18) years is incompetent because of age to contract for any of the kinds of insurance described in Class 1 of IC 27-1-5-1, or to exercise and enjoy every right, privilege and benefit provided by any such Contract.

(c) No person who shall have attained the age of eighteen (18) years is incompetent because of age to receive and to give full acquittance and discharge for payments made to such person by a life insurance company under the provisions of a contract of insurance of any of the kinds described in Class 1 of IC 27-1-5-1, or under the provisions of a settlement agreement executed in connection with any such contract of insurance.