New Jersey Statutes 17:16D-2. Definitions
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 17:16D-2
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Finance charge: The total cost of credit a customer must pay on a consumer loan, including interest. The Truth in Lending Act requires disclosure of the finance charge. Source: OCC
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
(a) “Insurance premium finance company” means a person engaged in the business of entering into insurance premium finance agreements or acquiring premium finance agreements from insurance agents or insurance brokers.
(b) “Insurance premium finance agreement” means an agreement by which an insured or prospective insured promises to pay to a premium finance company either directly or indirectly the amount advanced or to be advanced under the agreement by said premium finance company to an insurer or to an insurance agent or insurance broker in payment of premiums on an insurance contract together with a finance charge as authorized and limited by this act.
(c) “Licensee” means an insurance premium finance company holding a license issued by the commissioner under this act.
L.1968, c. 221, s. 2.