§ 18290. — 18290. (Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1314, Sec. 1.)

California § 18290.

• Jurisdiction: California
• Code FIN: Financial Code - FIN
• Div. 7.: DIVISION 7. INDUSTRIAL LOAN COMPANIES
• Ch. 3.: CHAPTER 3. Loans and Purchased Obligations
• Art. 6.: ARTICLE 6. Insurance Sold With Loans

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(a)
As used in this division:
(1)
“Credit life insurance” and “credit disability insurance” have the same meanings as defined in Section 779.2 of the Insurance Code.
(2)
“Credit loss-of-income insurance” means insurance issued to provide indemnity for payments becoming due on a specific loan or other credit transaction while the debtor is involuntarily unemployed, as defined in the policy.
(b)
An industrial loan company may provide and
collect the costs for credit life insurance on the life of one or more of the borrowers, or credit disability, or loss-of-income insurance, or any combination of these coverages, to provide indemnity for payments becoming due on the indebtedness, with his or her consent, the form to be approved by the Insurance Commissioner, and a copy, together with evidence of its approval by the Insurance Commissioner, to be filed with the commissioner, and in an amount not in excess of the amount of the indebtedness. The amount charged to the borrower for credit life or disability insurance shall not exceed, in the case of credit life insurance, fifty cents ($0.50) per year per one hundred dollars ($100) of indebtedness (and in the same proportion for longer or shorter maturities and larger or smaller amounts) or the amount established by or pursuant to Section 779.35 of the Insurance Code, whichever is less, or, in the case of credit disability insurance, the amount established by or pursuant to Section 779.35 of the
Insurance Code.

Legislative History

Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1314, Sec. 1.