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California Code, Insurance Code - INS § 761

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) A covered person shall not engage in any practice that would lead a consumer to believe that an extension of credit, in violation of subsection (b) of Section 106 of the federal Bank Holding Company Act Amendments of 1970 (12 U.S.C. Sec. 1972), is conditional upon either of the following:

(1) The purchase of an insurance product or annuity from the depository institution or any of its affiliates.

(2) An agreement by the consumer not to obtain, or a prohibition on the consumer from obtaining, an insurance product or annuity from an affiliated entity.

(b) A covered person shall not engage in any practice or use any advertisement at any office of, or on behalf of, the depository institution or a subsidiary of the depository institution that could mislead any person or otherwise cause a reasonable person to reach an erroneous belief with respect to any of the following:

(1) The fact that any insurance product or annuity sold or offered for sale by a covered person or any subsidiary of the depository institution is not backed by the federal government or the depository institution, or the fact that the insurance product or annuity is not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

(2) In the case of an insurance product or annuity that involves investment risk, the fact that there is an investment risk, including the potential that principal may be lost and that the product may decline in value.

(3) In the case of a depository institution or subsidiary of the depository institution at which insurance products or annuities are sold or offered for sale, the fact that:

(A) The approval of an extension of credit to the consumer by the depository institution or subsidiary may not be conditioned on the purchase of an insurance product or annuity by the consumer from the depository institution or a subsidiary of the depository institution.

(B) The consumer is free to purchase the insurance product or annuity from another source.

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