Except as expressly provided in this Code section, no life insurance policy shall be issued or delivered in this state, as a part of or in combination with any insurance, endowment, or annuity contract, any agreement or plan additional to the rights, dividends, and benefits arising out of any such insurance, endowment, or annuity contract:

(1) Which provides for the accumulation of profits over a period of years and for payment of all or any part of the accumulated profits only to members or policyholders of a designated group or class who continue as members or policyholders until the end of a specified period of years;

(2) Which provides that on the death of anyone other than a beneficiary or a person insured thereunder the owner or beneficiary of the policy shall receive the payment or granting of anything of value;

(3) Which provides that the whole or any part of the premiums or consideration for the policy, dividends, coupons, reserves, special reserves, lapses, or the excess interest therefrom, or any funds or money in excess of the normal reserve required to meet the contractual guarantees of the policy are to be placed or invested in special funds or segregated accounts and the funds or earnings therefrom divided among those taking the policy, their beneficiaries, or assignees; or

(4) Which provides for the sale, solicitation, or delivery of any stock or shares of stock in any company or which provides for a benefit certificate, securities, or any special advisory board contract or other contracts or resolutions of similar nature or which provides for policy dividends bearing a stated relationship to dividends on the stock of any company as an inducement to or in connection with the sale or acceptance of such policy.