(815 ILCS 180/15)
Sec. 15.
Notice of purchase of collateral protection
insurance;
repayment terms.
(a) Within 30 calendar days following the purchase of
collateral protection
insurance, the creditor shall mail to
the debtor and to any cosigner, guarantor, or other person liable with the
debtor for the obligation,
at the last known address on file with the creditor for any such
person, a notice entitled "Notice of
Placement of Insurance"
in a form substantially similar to the following:
"NOTICE OF PLACEMENT OF INSURANCE
Your credit agreement with us requires you to maintain adequate insurance on
your collateral until you pay off your loan. You have not given us proof that
you have adequate insurance on your collateral. Under the terms of your credit
agreement, we have purchased insurance at your expense to protect our interests
in your collateral.
The insurance we purchased will pay claims made by us as
the creditor. The insurance we purchased may not pay any claims made by you
or against you in
connection with your collateral.
You are responsible for the costs of this insurance, including any
interest and other charges that we may impose in connection with the purchase of
this
insurance. The initial premium payment for this insurance will be (amount),
which may
or may not include any interest or other charges that we may impose. The
costs of this insurance will be added to your payment obligations and may
be more than for insurance you can buy
on your own.
You still may obtain insurance of your own choosing on the collateral. If
you provide us with proof that you have obtained adequate insurance on your
collateral, we will cancel the insurance that we purchased and refund or credit
any unearned premiums to you.
If, within 30 days after the date this notice was sent to you, you provide us
with proof that you had adequate insurance on
your collateral as of the date we also purchased insurance and that you
continue to have the insurance that you purchased yourself, we
will cancel the insurance that we purchased without charging you any costs,
interest, or other charges in connection with the insurance that we
purchased."
(b) The terms for repayment of the costs of the collateral protection
insurance, which shall include interest and any other charges imposed by the
creditor in connection with the placement of the collateral protection
insurance, shall include one or more of the following:
(1) full payment within 30 days after the date of the |