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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>74250</law_id><section_number>38.2-3722</section_number><catch_line>Variable interest rate indebtedness; amount; disclosure; refunds</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="38.2">Insurance</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="37.1">Credit Life Insurance and Credit Accident and Sickness Insurance</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Notwithstanding the terms of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Amount of credit life insurance and credit accident and sickness insurance" href="/38.2-3720/">38.2-3720</a>, if the <span class="dictionary">credit transaction</span> provides for a variable interest <span class="dictionary">rate</span> and the <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> premiums are calculated and charged on a single premium basis, the initial amount of <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> coverage shall not exceed the scheduled amounts of unpaid <span class="dictionary">indebtedness</span> based upon the initial <span class="dictionary">contract</span> interest <span class="dictionary">rate</span>; and the death benefit shall be equal to the scheduled amount of <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> at the date of death or the amount required to liquidate the <span class="dictionary">indebtedness</span> in accordance with the terms of the <span class="dictionary">contract</span> of <span class="dictionary">indebtedness</span>, whichever is greater. If the actual interest <span class="dictionary">rate</span> charged at any time exceeds the original <span class="dictionary">contract</span> interest <span class="dictionary">rate</span>, the term of the <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> shall continue without additional charge for a period not to exceed three months. No additional premiums shall be charged for any additional coverage provided beyond that included in the single premium charge. <a id="paragraph-266953" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-3722/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Each individual policy or group certificate of credit <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> issued in connection with <span class="dictionary">credit transactions</span> involving variable interest <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">rates</span></span> shall include a disclosure (i) that the death benefit shall in no case be less than the insured scheduled amount of coverage or the amount required to liquidate the insured <span class="dictionary">indebtedness</span> in accordance with the terms of the <span class="dictionary">contract</span> of <span class="dictionary">indebtedness</span>, whichever is greater; and (ii) that the term of <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> shall continue for a period not to exceed three months if the actual interest <span class="dictionary">rate</span> charge at any time exceeds the original <span class="dictionary">contract</span> interest <span class="dictionary">rate</span>. <a id="paragraph-266954" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-3722/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Each individual policy or group certificate of credit <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> issued in connection with <span class="dictionary">credit transactions</span> involving variable interest <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">rates</span></span> shall provide that in the event of termination of the <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> prior to the original scheduled maturity date of the <span class="dictionary">indebtedness</span>, a refund of any amount paid by the <span class="dictionary">debtor</span> for such <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> shall be made in accordance with &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Refunds" href="/38.2-3729/">38.2-3729</a>. Such refund shall be based on the terms of the original loan and the actual elapsed time.
			For a loan with a term of more than sixty-one months, computation of such refund using the actuarial method shall be deemed to comply with the requirements hereof. For a loan with a term of sixty-one months or less, computation of such refund using the Rule of 78 shall be deemed to comply with the requirement hereof. <a id="paragraph-266955" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-3722/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1984, c. 664, &#xA7; 38.1-482.4:2; 1985, c. 234, &#xA7; 38.2-3705; 1986, c. 562; 1992, c. 586.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
