Del. Code tit. 18 § 3103

Current through 2024 Legislative Session Act Chapter 531
Section 3103 - Debtor groups

A policy may be issued to a creditor or its parent holding company or to a trustee or trustees or agent designated by 2 or more creditors, which creditor, holding company, affiliate, trustee, trustees or agent shall be deemed the policyholder, to insure debtors of the creditors with respect to their indebtedness, subject to the following requirements:

(1) The debtors eligible for insurance under the policy shall be all of the debtors of the creditor or creditors, or all of any class or classes thereof. The policy may provide that the term "debtors" shall include:
a. Borrowers of money or purchasers or lessees of goods, services or property for which payment is arranged through a lease or credit transaction;
b. The debtors of 1 or more subsidiary corporations; and
c. The debtors of 1 or more affiliated corporations, proprietorships or partnerships if the business of the policyholder and of such affiliated corporations, proprietorships or partnerships is under common control.
(2) The premium for the policy shall be paid either from the creditor's funds, or from charges collected from the insured debtors, or from both. Except as provided in subdivision (3) of this section, a policy on which no part of the premium is to be derived from funds contributed by insured debtors specifically for their insurance must insure all eligible debtors.
(3) Any insurer may exclude any debtors as to whom evidence of individual insurability is not satisfactory to the insurer.
(4) The amount of insurance on the life of any debtor shall at no time exceed the greater of the scheduled or actual amount of unpaid indebtedness as to the creditor.
(5) The insurance may be payable to the creditor or any successor to the right, title and interest of the creditor. Such payment shall reduce or extinguish the unpaid indebtedness of the debtor to the extent of such payment.
(6) Notwithstanding subdivisions (1)-(5) of this section, insurance on agricultural credit transaction commitments may be written up to the amount of the loan commitment on a nondecreasing or level term plan. Insurance on educational credit transaction commitments may be written up to the amount of the loan commitment less the amount of any repayments made on the loan.

18 Del. C. § 3103

18 Del. C. 1953, § 3104; 56 Del. Laws, c. 380, § 1; 65 Del. Laws, c. 480, §1.;