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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
Consumer credit insurance may be issued only in the following forms:
1. Individual life. Individual policies of life insurance issued to debtors on the term plan;
2. Individual accident and health. Individual policies of health insurance issued to debtors on a term plan, or disability benefit provisions in individual policies of credit life insurance;
3. Group life. Group policies of life insurance issued to creditors providing insurance upon the lives of debtors on the term plan;
4. Group accident and health. Group policies of health insurance issued to creditors on a term plan insuring debtors, or disability benefit provisions in group credit life insurance policies to provide such coverage;
4-A. Individual credit property insurance. Individual policies of property insurance on property that is purchased on credit or pledged as collateral on a loan when the insurance is purchased by or issued to the debtor in connection with that loan or credit transaction;
4-B. Group credit property insurance. Group policies of property insurance on property that is purchased on credit or pledged as collateral on a loan when the insurance is purchased by or issued to the debtor in connection with that loan or credit transaction;
4-C. Individual credit involuntary unemployment insurance. Individual involuntary unemployment policies insuring a debtor pursuant to or in connection with a specific loan or other credit transaction but not including disability insurance policies;
4-D. Group credit involuntary unemployment insurance. Group involuntary unemployment policies insuring a debtor pursuant to or in connection with a specific loan or other credit transaction but not including disability insurance policies; or
5. Combination. A combination under subsections 1 and 2, or under 3 and 4.
The superintendent may by rules adopted pursuant to section 2865 or chapter 40-A designate other permissible types of consumer credit insurance.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A. Maine Insurance Code § 2854. Forms available - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/me/title-24-a-maine-insurance-code/me-rev-st-tit-24-a-sect-2854/
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