CHAPTER 424
CONSUMER TRANSACTIONS — INSURANCE
SUBCHAPTER I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
424.103 Application of general definitions.
SUBCHAPTER II
CONSUMER CREDIT INSURANCE
424.201 Definition "consumer credit insurance".
424.202 Charge for insurance.
424.203 Conditions applying to insurance to be provided by creditor.
424.204 Maximum charge by creditor for insurance.
424.205 Refund or credit required.
424.206 Deferral, refinancing and consolidation agreements.
424.207 Term of insurance.
424.208 Amount of insurance.
424.209 Filing and approval of rates and forms.
SUBCHAPTER III
PROPERTY INSURANCE
424.301 Restrictions on property insurance.
424.302 Insurance on creditor's interest only.
424.303 Cancellation by creditor.
424.304 Cancellation by customer.
SUBCHAPTER IV
OTHER INSURANCE PRODUCTS
424.401 Cancellation by customer.
424.402 Insurance cancellation credit or payment.
SUBCHAPTER V
INSURANCE PRACTICES
424.501 False, misleading or deceptive insurance solicitation.
424.502 Insurance commissions; limitations.
SUBCHAPTER VI
ADMINISTRATION
424.601 Cooperation between administrator and commissioner of insurance.
424.602 Administrative action of commissioner of insurance.
Ch. 424 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See definitions in s.
421.301.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
424.101
424.101
Short title. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as Wisconsin consumer act—insurance.
424.101 History
History: 1971 c. 239.
424.102
424.102
Scope. This chapter applies to agreements between a creditor and a debtor under which insurance is provided or is to be provided in relation to consumer credit transactions.
424.102 History
History: 1971 c. 239;
1973 c. 3.
424.102 Annotation
Wisconsin consumer act—a critical analysis. Heiser, 57 MLR 389.
424.102 Annotation
Wisconsin consumer act—a freak out? Barrett, Jones, 57 MLR 483.
424.103
424.103
Application of general definitions. The definitions in
s. 421.301 shall apply to this chapter.
424.103 History
History: 1973 c. 3;
1981 c. 390 s.
252.
CONSUMER CREDIT INSURANCE
424.201
424.201
Definition "consumer credit insurance". "Consumer credit insurance" means insurance, other than insurance on property, by which the satisfaction of debt in whole or in part is a benefit provided, but does not include:
424.201(1)
(1) Insurance issued as an isolated transaction on the part of the insurer not related to an agreement or plan for insuring customers of the creditor;
424.201(2)
(2) Insurance indemnifying the creditor against loss due to the customer's default; or
424.201(3)
(3) With respect to a motor vehicle consumer lease, a lessor's waiver of its contractual right to hold the lessee liable for any or all of the gap amount, as defined in
s. 429.104 (12), if the waiver is granted without a separate charge.
424.202
424.202
Charge for insurance. 424.202(1)
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter and subject to the provisions on additional charges (
s. 422.202), and maximum charges (
s. 422.201) a creditor may agree to provide insurance, and may contract for and receive a charge for insurance separate from and in addition to other charges. A creditor need not make a separate charge for insurance provided or required by the creditor.
424.202(2)
(2) This chapter does not authorize the issuance of any insurance prohibited under any statute, or rule thereunder, governing the business of insurance.
424.202 History
History: 1971 c. 239;
1991 a. 316.
424.203
424.203
Conditions applying to insurance to be provided by creditor. 424.203(1)(1) When the parties agree that consumer credit insurance shall be provided, at the time the indebtedness is incurred there shall be delivered to the customer the individual policy, a group certificate of insurance, a copy of the application for such insurance or a notice of proposed insurance.
424.203(2)
(2) The evidence of insurance provided pursuant to
sub. (1) shall set forth the name and home office address of the insurer, the name or names of the customers, the premium or amount of payment by the customer, if any, separately for credit life insurance and credit accident and sickness insurance, the amount, term and a brief description of the coverage provided, including all exclusions and exceptions.
424.203(3)
(3) Within 30 days of the date upon which the indebtedness is incurred, the insurer shall cause the individual policy or group certificate of insurance to be delivered to the customer if it is not delivered at the time the indebtedness is incurred.
424.203(4)
(4) Within 10 days from the date the indebtedness is incurred, the customer shall be permitted to return the policy, certificate of insurance or the notice of proposed insurance to the creditor and to receive a refund of any premium paid for the insurance if the customer is not satisfied with the insurance for any reason. Such insurance shall then be void and the parties will be in the same position as if no certificate, policy or notice of proposed insurance had been issued. Conspicuous notice of the right to return the policy, certificate of insurance or notice of proposed insurance shall be furnished with or in the policy, certificate or notice of proposed insurance.
424.203 History
History: 1971 c. 239;
1973 c. 3 ss.
59,
69;
1991 a. 316.
424.204
424.204
Maximum charge by creditor for insurance. 424.204(1)(1) Except as provided in
sub. (2), if a creditor contracts for or receives a charge for insurance, the amount charged for the insurance may not exceed the premium to be charged by the insurer, as computed at the time the charge to the customer is determined, conforming to any rate filings required by law and made by the insurer with the commissioner of insurance.
424.204(2)
(2) A creditor who provides consumer credit insurance in relation to an open-end credit plan may calculate the charge to the customer in each billing cycle by applying the current premium rate to either:
424.204(2)(a)
(a) The average daily unpaid balance of the obligation in the cycle;
424.204(2)(b)
(b) The unpaid balance of the obligation or a median amount within a specified range of unpaid balances of the obligation on approximately the same day of the cycle. The day of the cycle need not be the day used in calculating the finance charge (
s. 422.201), but the specified range shall be the range used for that purpose; or
424.204(2)(c)
(c) The unpaid balances of principal calculated according to the actuarial method.
424.204 History
History: 1971 c. 239.
424.205
424.205
Refund or credit required. 424.205(1)
(1) Upon prepayment in full of a consumer credit transaction by the proceeds of consumer credit insurance, the customer or the customer's estate is entitled to a refund of any portion of a separate charge for insurance which by reason of prepayment is retained by the original creditor or any assignee or returned to either of them by the insurer.