N.M. Stat. § 59A-20-2
"Annuity", "industrial life insurance" defined.
For the purposes of the Insurance Code:
A. an "annuity" is a contract under which obligation is assumed by the issuer to
make periodic payments for a specific term or terms where the making or continuance
of all or some such payments or the amount of any such payment is dependent upon
continuance of human life, except payments made pursuant to optional modes of
settlement under authority of Section 108 [59A-7-2 NMSA 1978] ("life" insurance
defined) of the Insurance Code. Such a contract which includes extra benefits of the
kinds set forth in Section 108 ("life" insurance defined) or Section 109 [59A-7-3 NMSA
1978] ("health" insurance defined) of the Insurance Code shall nevertheless be deemed
to be an annuity if such extra benefits constitute a subsidiary or incidental part of the
entire contract; and
B. "industrial life insurance" is that form of life insurance written under policies in
face amount of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) or less, and bearing the
words "industrial policy" or "weekly premium policy" or words of similar import imprinted
on the face thereof as part of descriptive matter, and under which premiums are
payable monthly or more often.