Section 760 IAC 1-5.1-6 - Credit life insurance ratesAuthority: IC 27-1-3-7; IC 27-8-4-12
Affected: IC 24-4.5-4-102
Sec. 6.
(a) Subject to the conditions and requirements in subsection (b) and section 10 of this rule, the following prima facie rates are considered to meet the requirements of section 4 of this rule, and may be used without filing additional actuarial support:(1) For monthly outstanding balance basis, sixty-nine cents ($0.69) per month per one thousand dollars ($1,000) of outstanding insured debt on single life and one dollar and fifteen cents ($1.15) per month per one thousand dollars ($1,000) of outstanding insured debt on joint life if premiums are payable on a monthly outstanding balance basis.(2) If the premium is charged on a single premium basis, the rate shall be computed according to the following formula or according to a formula approved by the commissioner that produces rates substantially the same as those produced by the following formula: Click here to view Image
Where: Sp = Single premium per one hundred dollars ($100) of initial consumer credit life insurance coverage.
Op = 0.69, the prima facie consumer credit life insurance premium rate for monthly outstanding balance coverage from subdivision (1).
It = The scheduled amount of insurance for month t.
Ii = Initial amount of insurance. For a net insurance policy, Ii equals the initial principal balance of the loan.
dis = 0.0044, representing an annual discount rate of 5.0% for interest plus four-tenth [sic., four-tenths] of one percent (0.4%) for mortality.
n = The number of months in the term of the insurance.
(3) If the benefits provided are other than those described in this section, premium rates for such benefits shall be actuarially consistent with the rates provided in subdivisions (1) and (2).(4) The prima facie rates included in this subsection and any other rates approved for use that are computed in accordance with the formula in subdivision (2) are presumed sufficient to provide for up to two (2) months of delinquencies. Therefore, the determination of the premium shall not reflect delinquencies.(b) The premium rates in subsection (a) shall apply to contracts providing credit life insurance that are offered to all eligible debtors, that do not require evidence of individual insurability from any eligible debtor electing to purchase coverage within thirty (30) days of the date the debtor becomes eligible, and that contain the following provisions:(1) Coverage for death by whatever means caused, except that coverage may exclude death resulting from any of the following:(A) War or any act of war.(B) Suicide within six (6) months after the effective date of the coverage.(C) A preexisting condition or conditions. For the purpose of this subsection, the following apply: (i) "Preexisting condition" means any condition for which the debtor received medical advice or treatment within six (6) months preceding the effective date of coverage.(ii) No preexisting condition exclusion shall apply unless:(AA) death is caused by or substantially contributed to by the preexisting condition; and(BB) death occurs within six (6) months following the effective date of coverage.(iii) A preexisting condition exclusion shall apply only if and to the extent that the amount of coverage to which it would otherwise apply (in the absence of this limitation) exceeds one thousand dollars ($1,000).(2) For the exclusions listed in subdivisions (1)(B) and (1)(C), the effective date of coverage for each part of the insurance attributable to a different advance or a charge to the plan account is the date on which the advance or charge occurs.(3) At the option of the insurer and in lieu of a preexisting condition exclusion on insurance written in connection with open-ended consumer credit, a provision may be included to limit the amount of insurance payable on death due to natural causes to the balance as it existed six (6) months prior to the date of death if there has been one (1) or more increases in the outstanding balance during the six (6) month period and if evidence of individual insurability has not been required in the six (6) month period prior to the date of death. This provision applies only if and to the extent that the amount of coverage to which it would otherwise apply (in the absence of this limitation) exceeds one thousand dollars ($1,000).(4) An age restriction providing that no insurance will become effective on debtors on or after the attainment of age sixty-six (66) and that all insurance will terminate upon attainment by the debtor of age sixty-six (66).(c) The insurer shall apply rates as follows: (1) If the insurer, its agent, or the application form for credit life insurance does not request or require that the debtor provide evidence of insurability, then the premium rates deemed reasonable will be the prima facie rates in subsection (a).(2) Except as provided in subdivision (3), if the insurer, its agent, or the application form for credit life insurance requests or requires that the debtor provide evidence of insurability and the initial amount of insurance is fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) or less, then the premium rates deemed reasonable will be the rates in subsection (a) multiplied by ninety percent (90%). (3) If the insurer, its agent, or the application form for credit life insurance requests or requires that the debtor provide evidence of insurability and the initial amount of insurance is greater than fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) or the applicant elects to purchase coverage more than thirty (30) days after the date the debtor became eligible under a group plan of insurance, then the premium rates deemed reasonable will be the prima facie rates in subsection (a). For policies insuring open lines of credit, the insurer may require evidence of insurability for commitments that increase the outstanding debt above fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000).(d) Insurers may use the same application forms for credit life insurance whether or not underwriting questions are asked pursuant to subsection (c). The commissioner will presume that any application form for which all relevant underwriting questions have been left unanswered represents a policy that has not been underwritten and for which prima facie rates are permissible. A form for which any relevant underwriting questions have been answered or filled in represents a policy for which premium decreases pursuant to subsection (c) are required. Insurers should maintain in their files their rules for those circumstances where underwriting questions shall be asked. Those rules shall be communicated to and followed by the insurer's agents and producers. Department of Insurance; 760 IAC 1-5.1-6; filed Sep 9, 2002, 3:00 p.m.: 26 IR 22, eff Jan 1, 2003; readopted filed Nov 24, 2009, 9:35 a.m.: 20091223-IR-760090791RFAReadopted filed 11/20/2015, 9:25 a.m.: 20151216-IR-760150341RFAReadopted filed 11/15/2021, 8:32 a.m.: 20211215-IR-760210419RFA