(a) Credit life insurance. — (1) The initial amount of credit life insurance shall not exceed the total amount repayable under the credit transaction, which is the gross debt.
(2) In cases where an indebtedness is repayable in substantially equal installments, the amount of insurance shall at no time exceed the scheduled or actual amount of unpaid indebtedness, whichever is greater.
(3) Notwithstanding paragraph (a)(1) or (2) of this section, insurance on agricultural credit transactions not exceeding 2 years in duration may be written up to the amount of the loan commitment on a nondecreasing or level term plan.
(4) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a)(1) and (2) of this section, or any other subsection, insurance on educational credit transaction commitments may be written for the amount of the portion of such commitment that has not been advanced by the creditor.
(b) Credit accident and health insurance. — (1) The total amount of periodic indemnity payable by credit accident and health insurance in the event of disability as defined in the policy shall not exceed the aggregate of the periodic scheduled unpaid installments of the gross debt and the amount of each periodic indemnity payment shall not exceed the original gross debt divided by the number of periodic installments.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (b)(1) of this section, for credit accident and health insurance written in connection with an open-end credit agreement, the amount of insurance shall not exceed the gross debt which would accrue on that amount using the periodic indemnity. Subject to any policy maximums, the periodic indemnity must not be less than the creditor’s minimum repayment schedule.
70 Del. Laws, c. 576, § 1.
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