Section 379.1857

Title XXIV BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

Chapter 379

Effective - 28 Aug 2023   

  379.1857.  Prohibited acts. — 1.  No insurer or insurance producer shall issue lender-placed insurance on mortgaged property if the insurer or insurance producer, or an affiliate of the insurer or insurance producer, owns, performs the servicing for, or owns the servicing right to, the mortgaged property.

  2.  No insurer or insurance producer shall compensate a lender, insurer, investor, or servicer, including through the payment of commissions, for lender-placed insurance policies issued by the insurer.

  3.  No insurer or insurance producer shall share lender-placed insurance premium or risk with the lender, investor, or servicer that obtained the lender-placed insurance.

  4.  No insurer or insurance producer shall offer contingent commissions, profit sharing, or other payments dependent on profitability or loss ratios to any person affiliated with a servicer or the insurer in connection with lender-placed insurance.

  5.  No insurer shall provide free or below-cost outsourced services to lenders, investors, or servicers, and no insurer shall outsource its own functions to lenders, insurance producers, investors, or servicers on an above-cost basis.

  6.  No insurer or insurance producer shall make any payments, including but not limited to the payment of expenses to a lender, insurer, investor, or servicer, for the purpose of securing lender-placed insurance business or related outsourced services.

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(L. 2023 S.B. 101)