Section 18290 Of Article 6. Insurance Sold With Loans From California Financial Code >> Division 7. >> Chapter 3. >> Article 6.
18290
. (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.