Delaware Code Title 5 Sec. 2221 – Insurance
(a) A licensee may request but not require an individual borrower to be insured in respect of a revolving credit plan under a life, health, accident, health and accident or other credit or other permissible insurance policy, whether group or individual, and in the event that an individual borrower’s outstanding unpaid indebtedness under the plan is secured by an interest in real or personal property, a licensee may require the borrower to obtain insurance, from an insurer acceptable to the licensee, against loss of or damage to such property or against the liability arising out of the ownership or use of the property and may finance the premiums for such insurance.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 5 Sec. 2221
- Outstanding unpaid indebtedness: means on any day an amount not in excess of the total amount of purchases from participating merchants and loans charged to the borrower's account under the plan which is outstanding and unpaid at the end of the day, after adding the aggregate amount of any new purchases from participating merchants and loans charged to the account as of that day and deducting the aggregate amount of any payments and credits applied to that indebtedness as of any day and, if the agreement providing the plan so provides, may include the amount of any interest and additional charges, including late or delinquency charges, which have accrued to the account and which are unpaid at the end of the day. See Delaware Code Title 5 Sec. 2214
- Personal property: All property that is not real property.
- plan: means a plan contemplating the extension of credit under an account governed by an agreement between a licensee and a borrower pursuant to which:
- Revolving credit: A credit agreement (typically a credit card) that allows a customer to borrow against a preapproved credit line when purchasing goods and services. The borrower is only billed for the amount that is actually borrowed plus any interest due. (Also called a charge account or open-end credit.) Source: OCC
(b) The offer and placement of insurance under this section shall be subject in all respects to the applicable provisions of Title 18.