North Dakota Code § 26.1-37-05

Amount of consumer credit insurance
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1. a. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the initial amount of credit life 
insurance may not exceed the total amount repayable under the contract of 
indebtedness and, when an indebtedness is repayable in substantially equal 
installments, the amount of insurance may not exceed the scheduled or actual 
amount of unpaid indebtedness, whichever is greater. Insurance on agricultural 
loan commitments, not exceeding one year in duration, may be written up to the 
amount of the loan commitment, on a nondecreasing or level term plan. 
Insurance on educational loan commitments may be written for unpaid 
indebtedness plus any unused commitment.
b. In the absence of any pre-existing condition exclusions, the amount of insurance 
payable in the event of death due to natural causes may be limited to the balance 
as the balance existed six months before the date of death if:
(1) There has been one increase or more in the outstanding balance during the 
six-month period, other than those due to the accrual of interest or late 
charges; and
(2) Evidence of individual insurability has not been required during the 
six-month period.
c. Other patterns of insurance may be used which are not inconsistent with this 
subsection, including those providing coverage for lease payments or lump sum 
purchase at the end of the lease.
2. a. The total amount of periodic indemnity payable by credit accident and health 
insurance or by credit unemployment insurance in the event of disability or 
unemployment, as defined in the policy, may not exceed the aggregate of the 
periodic scheduled unpaid installments of the gross debt; and the amount of each 
periodic indemnity payment may not exceed the original gross debt divided by the 
number of periodic installments.
b. Notwithstanding subdivision a, for credit accident and health insurance or for 
credit unemployment insurance written in connection with an open -end credit 
agreement, the amount of insurance may not exceed the gross debt which would 
accrue on that amount using the periodic indemnity. Subject to any policy 
maximums, the periodic indemnity may not be less than the creditor's minimum 
repayment schedule.
3. a. For credit property insurance sold in conjunction with a closed -end transaction, 
an insurer may not issue credit property insurance coverage unless the amount 
financed exceeds three hundred dollars.
b. For credit property insurance sold in conjunction with a closed -end transaction, 
the amount of credit property insurance may not exceed the underlying credit 
transaction.

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