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§ 1007.6. Provisions of policies and certificates of insurance disclosure to debtors

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 40 P.S. Insurance

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 40 P.S. Insurance (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 2. Insurance Companies (Refs & Annos)
Credit Insurance (Refs & Annos)
40 P.S. § 1007.6
§ 1007.6. Provisions of policies and certificates of insurance disclosure to debtors
(a) All credit life insurance and credit accident and health insurance shall be evidenced by an individual policy or in the case of group insurance by a certificate of insurance, which individual policy or group certificate of insurance shall be delivered to the debtor.
(b) Each individual policy or group certificate of credit life insurance or credit accident and health insurance shall, in addition to other requirements of law, set forth the name and home office address of the insurer, the name or names of the debtor or in the case of a certificate under a group policy the identity by name or otherwise of the debtor, the rate or amount of payment, if any, by the debtor separately for credit life insurance and credit accident and health insurance, a description of the amount, term and coverage including any exceptions, limitations or restrictions and shall state that the benefits shall be paid to the creditor to reduce or extinguish the unpaid indebtedness, and wherever the amount of insurance may exceed the unpaid indebtedness that any such excess shall be payable to a beneficiary other than the creditor named by the debtor or to his estate.
(c) Said individual policy or group certificate of insurance shall be delivered to the insured debtor within thirty days after the date the indebtedness is incurred.
(d) If a separate identifiable charge is made to the debtor for the insurance and an individual policy or group certificate of insurance is not delivered to the debtor at the time the indebtedness is incurred, a copy of the application for such policy or a notice of proposed insurance shall be delivered to the debtor at such time, which shall set forth the identity by name or otherwise of the person or persons insured, the rate or amount of payment by the debtor, if any, separately for credit life insurance and credit accident and health insurance, and a statement that subject to acceptance by the insurer and within thirty days, there will be delivered to the debtor a policy or certificate of insurance naming the insurer and fully describing the insurance. The copy of the application for or notice of proposed insurance shall also refer exclusively to insurance coverage and shall be separate and apart from the loan, sale or1 other credit statement of account, instrument or agreement, unless the information required by this subsection is prominently set forth therein. Upon acceptance of the insurance by the insurer and within thirty days of the date upon which the indebtedness is incurred, the insurer shall cause the individual policy or group certificate of insurance to be delivered to the debtor. Said application or notice of proposed insurance shall state that upon acceptance by the insurer, the insurance shall become effective as provided in section 5.2
(e) If the named insurer does not accept the risk, then and in such event, the debtor shall receive a policy or certificate of insurance setting forth the name and home office address of the substituted insurer and the amount of the premium to be charged, and if the amount of premium is less than that set forth in the notice of proposed insurance, an appropriate refund shall be made.

Credits

1961, Sept. 2, P.L. 1232, § 6.

Footnotes

Enrolled bill reads “or”.
40 P.S. § 1007.5.
40 P.S. § 1007.6, PA ST 40 P.S. § 1007.6
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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