California Insurance Code 778 – As used in this article, “premium financing” means engaging in the …
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As used in this article, “premium financing” means engaging in the business of advancing money, directly or indirectly, to an insurer or producer at the request of an insured pursuant to the terms of a premium finance agreement, wherein the insured has assigned the unearned premiums, accrued dividends, or loss payments as security for such advancement in payment of premiums on insurance contracts only, and does not include the financing of insurance contract premiums purchased in connection with the financing of goods and services.
(Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1103.)
Terms Used In California Insurance Code 778
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- premium finance agreement: means a loan contract, note, agreement, or obligation by which an insured agrees to pay to a lender in installments the principal amount advanced by the lender to an insurer or producer in payment of premium on an insurance contract or contracts, plus charges, with the assignment, as security therefor, of the unearned premiums, accrued dividends, or loss payments. See California Insurance Code 778.1