New Mexico Statutes
Article 25 - Credit Life and Credit Health Insurance
Section 59A-25-5 - Amount of insurance.

A. The initial amount of credit life insurance shall not exceed the total amount repayable under the contract of indebtedness and, where an indebtedness is repayable in substantially equal installments, the amount of insurance shall at no time exceed the scheduled or actual amount of unpaid indebtedness, whichever is greater.
B. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A, above, insurance on agricultural credit transactions and other credit transactions not providing for amortization of the indebtedness and not exceeding two (2) years in duration may be written up to the amount of the loan commitment on a nondecreasing or level term plan.
C. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A, above, or any other provision of this article, insurance on educational credit transaction commitments may be written for the amount of the portion of such commitment that has not already been advanced by the creditor.
D. The total amount of periodic indemnity payable by credit health insurance in event of disability, as defined in the policy, shall not exceed the aggregate of the periodic scheduled unpaid installments of the indebtedness, and the amount of each periodic indemnity payment shall not exceed the original indebtedness divided by the number of periodic installments.
History: Laws 1984, ch. 127, § 476.

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