§ 779.6
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Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 10203.5, all credit life insurance and credit disability insurance subject to this article shall be evidenced by an individual policy, or in the case of group insurance by a certificate of insurance, which individual policy or group certificate of insurance shall be delivered to the debtor.
Each individual policy or group certificate of credit life insurance or of credit disability insurance or any combination thereof shall, in addition to other requirements of law, set forth the name and home office address of the insurer, the identity by name or otherwise of the person or persons insured the premium or amount of payment, if any, by the debtor separately for credit life insurance and credit disability insurance, a description of the coverage including the amount and term thereof, and any exceptions, limitations or restrictions, and shall state that the benefits shall be paid to the creditor holding the indebtedness to reduce or extinguish the unpaid indebtedness and, wherever the amount of insurance may exceed the unpaid indebtedness, that any such excess shall be payable to a beneficiary, other than the creditor, named by the debtor or to his estate.
Said individual policy or group certificate of insurance shall be delivered to the insured debtor at the time the insurance commences except as hereinafter provided.
Notwithstanding the provisions of the above paragraph, a certificate issued under a group policy in cases where the debtor obligates himself to pay the insurance premium or payment periodically with the debt payments on the decreasing amount of the insurance or where the indebtedness is a revolving loan or revolving charge account the rate of insurance premium or payment per unit of coverage may be set forth in lieu of “the premium or amount of payment, if any, by the debtor”.