(a) Creditor-placed insurance shall become effective on the latest of the following dates:

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 56-49-104

  • Credit transaction: means a transaction by the terms of which the repayment of money loaned or credit commitment made, or payment of goods, services or properties sold or leased, is to be made at a future date or dates. See Tennessee Code 56-49-103
  • Creditor: means the lender of money or vendor or lessor of goods, services, property, rights or privileges for which payment is arranged through a credit transaction, or any successor to the right, title or interest of a lender, vendor or lessor. See Tennessee Code 56-49-103
  • Creditor-placed insurance: means insurance that is purchased unilaterally by the creditor, who is the named insured, subsequent to the date of the credit transaction, providing coverage against loss, expense or damage to collateralized personal property as a result of fire, theft, collision or other risks of loss that would either impair a creditor's interest or adversely affect the value of collateral covered by limited dual interest insurance. See Tennessee Code 56-49-103
  • Debtor: means the borrower of money or a purchaser or lessee of goods, services, property, rights or privileges, for which payment is arranged through a credit transaction. See Tennessee Code 56-49-103
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Insurer: means an insurance company, association or exchange authorized to issue insurance policies in this state. See Tennessee Code 56-49-103
  • Personal property: includes money, goods, chattels, things in action, and evidences of debt. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(1) The date of the credit transaction;
(2) The date prior coverage, including prior creditor-placed insurance coverage, lapsed;
(3) One (1) year before the date on which the related insurance charge is made to the debtor‘s account; or
(4) A later date provided for in the agreement between the creditor and insurer.
(b) Creditor-placed insurance shall terminate on the earliest of the following dates:

(1) The date other acceptable insurance becomes effective, subject to the debtor providing acceptable evidence of the other insurance to the creditor;
(2) The date the collateralized personal property is repossessed, unless the property is returned to the debtor within ten (10) days of the repossession;
(3) The date the collateralized personal property is determined by the insurer to be a total loss;
(4) The date the debt is completely extinguished; or
(5) An earlier date specified in the individual policy or certificate of insurance.
(c) An insurance charge shall not be made to a debtor for a term longer than the scheduled term of the creditor-placed insurance when it becomes effective, nor may an insurance charge be made to the debtor for creditor-placed insurance before the effective date of the insurance.
(d) If a charge is made to a debtor for creditor-placed insurance coverage that exceeds a term of one (1) year, the debtor shall be notified at least annually that the insurance will be cancelled and a refund or credit of unearned charges made if evidence of acceptable insurance secured by the debtor is provided.
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