(a) The purchase of credit life insurance on the life of the borrower or credit disability insurance to provide indemnity for payments becoming due on the indebtedness shall not be required as a condition of making a loan under this article.
(b) The licensee may provide through duly licensed agents, and collect from the borrower the costs of purchasing, credit life insurance on the life of a borrower and credit disability insurance to provide indemnity for payments becoming due on the indebtedness, with the borrower’s consent. The form and rate of the insurance shall be approved by the Insurance Commissioner, as provided in Section 779.9 of the Insurance Code. The insurance shall be in an amount not in excess of that reasonably necessary to discharge the obligation of the borrower, and for a term not exceeding the term of the loan. Only one premium for credit disability insurance may be collected by the licensee in connection with any loan contract irrespective of the number of borrowers, and only one borrower may be insured, except that where more than one borrower is a party to a loan contract and each borrower is a wage earner whose earnings are reasonably relied upon by the lender for the repayment of the loan, each borrower may be insured.
(c) The licensee may collect from the borrower the costs of purchasing fire and hazard insurance on the property offered as security for a loan in order to reasonably insure against loss for a reasonable term considering the circumstances of the loan, (1) if the policy or policies of insurance are made payable to the borrower or any member of his or her family, regardless of whether a customary mortgagee clause is attached, and (2) if the insurance is sold at standard rates through duly licensed agents.
(d) If premiums for any insurance provided under this section are to be paid from the proceeds of the loan, any amount so paid and any commission under subdivision (b) of Section 10242 attributable to borrowing that amount, shall not be considered in determining whether the loan is exempt from this article under Section 10245.
(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1275, Sec. 6.)
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