SB 118
AN ACT relating to credit personal property insurance.
In Plain Language
This law creates new rules for credit personal property insurance—insurance sold alongside car loans and other loans that are backed by collateral. It limits how much and how long this insurance can be sold for, requires lenders to give you full details about costs and coverage within 30 days of getting a loan, and stops insurers from bundling other insurance products with it or charging premiums based on your total debt. Insurance companies must file their policies and rates with the state insurance commissioner, refund unused premiums if you cancel early, and follow reporting rules for claims.
Official summary
Create new sections of Subtitle 19 of KRS Chapter 304 to establish regulatory requirements relating to credit personal property insurance; define terms; establish exemptions from the regulatory requirements; establish limits on the amount and term of credit personal property insurance sold in conjunction with a closed-end credit transaction; require credit personal property insurance to cover a substantial risk of loss of, or damage to, the collateral pledged or secured in the credit transaction; prohibit an insurer from requiring bundling of other credit insurance coverages and from using gross debt in determining premiums; require a creditor to deliver, or cause to be delivered, a policy, certificate, memorandum or other disclosure disclosing the costs and coverage within 30 days after the date of the loan; require policies, certificates, plans, contracts, applications, enrollment forms, and schedules of premiums rates to be filed with the commissioner of the Department of Insurance; establish requirements for the refund of unearned premiums upon cancellation prior to the scheduled maturity date; establish requirements relating to the reporting and payment of claims; provide that a person aggrieved by a decision of the commissioner may request an administrative hearing; provide that a violation by an insurer is subject to the penalty provisions of Subtitle 99 of KRS Chapter 304; amend KRS 304.19-010, 304.19-020, 304.19-080, 304.19-090, and 304.19-130 to conform; direct that certain sections apply to contracts issued or renewed on or after the effective date of the Act.
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Latest action
recommitted to Banking & Insurance (H)
Mar 12, 2026
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