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Montana Title 33. Insurance and Insurance Companies § 33-21-102. Purpose and scope

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(1) The purpose of this chapter is to promote the public welfare by regulating credit life insurance and credit disability insurance. Nothing in this chapter is intended to prohibit or discourage reasonable competition. The provisions of this chapter shall be liberally construed.

(2) Except as provided in subsection (3), this chapter applies to each policy, certificate of insurance, notice of proposed insurance, binder, endorsement, and rider of life insurance and disability insurance delivered or issued for delivery in Montana in connection with loans or other credit transactions for personal, family, or household purposes.

(3) This chapter does not apply to life insurance or disability insurance delivered or issued for delivery in connection with:

(a) a loan or other credit transaction of more than 15 years' duration;

(b) a credit transaction that is:

(i) secured by a first mortgage or deed of trust; and

(ii) made to finance the purchase of real property or the construction of a dwelling thereon or to refinance a prior credit transaction made for that purpose; or

(c) a credit transaction that is an isolated transaction on the part of the insurer and that is not related to an agreement or a plan for insuring debtors of the creditor.

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