Sec. 10. Notwithstanding any other provision of law:
(1) the commissioner has the sole authority to regulate the issuance and sale of funding agreements;
(2) a funding agreement is not considered a covered policy under IC 27-8-8-2.3(d);
(3) a claim for payments under a funding agreement must be treated as a loss claim described in Class 2 of IC 27-9-3-40; and
(4) assets supporting a funding agreement in a segregated asset account under section 8 of this chapter are subject to IC 27-9-3-40.5 and Class 1(c) of IC 27-1-5-1.