0001| HOUSE BILL 238 | 0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| MURRAY RYAN | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| AN ACT | 0011| RELATING TO LENDING INSTITUTIONS; EXPANDING THE AUTHORITY OF | 0012| LENDING INSTITUTIONS TO SELL CERTAIN INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES; | 0013| REPEALING AND ENACTING A CERTAIN SECTION OF THE NMSA 1978. | 0014| | 0015| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0016| Section 1. Section 59A-12-10 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1984, | 0017| Chapter 127, Section 211, as amended) is repealed and a new | 0018| Section 59A-12-10 NMSA 1978 is enacted to read: | 0019| "59A-12-10. [NEW MATERIAL] LICENSING OF LENDING | 0020| INSTITUTION--DEFINITIONS AND EXCEPTIONS.-- | 0021| A. As used in this section: | 0022| (1) "lending institution" means an | 0023| institution, including its holding company, subsidiary or | 0024| affiliate, whose business includes accepting deposits or | 0025| lending money in New Mexico, including banks, savings and loan | 0001| associations and credit unions; "lending institution" does not | 0002| include insurance companies; | 0003| (2) "holding company", "subsidiary" and | 0004| "affiliate" mean those terms as defined in regulations adopted | 0005| by the superintendent, except "bank holding company" means that | 0006| term as defined in Section 2 of the federal Bank Holding | 0007| Company Act of 1956; and | 0008| (3) "public utility" means a private employer | 0009| subject to the jurisdiction of the New Mexico public utility | 0010| commission or the state corporation commission, or its | 0011| successor entity, that is engaged in the business of providing | 0012| telecommunications, electric, gas, water or stream heat | 0013| services to the public. | 0014| B. A lending institution may be licensed to sell: | 0015| (1) any insurance except title insurance in | 0016| accordance with the Insurance Code and to the extent authorized | 0017| by federal and state lending institution regulators; and | 0018| (2) annuities to the extent authorized by law | 0019| and federal and state lending institution regulators, but | 0020| nothing in this paragraph shall affect the rights and | 0021| obligations of nationally chartered lending institutions. | 0022| C. A public utility or its holding company, | 0023| subsidiary or affiliate shall not be licensed to sell insurance | 0024| or act as a broker for insurance in New Mexico. | 0025| D. As used in Subsections E through Y of this | 0001| section, "insurance" means all products defined or regulated as | 0002| insurance under the Insurance Code except: | 0003| (1) credit life, credit accident and health, | 0004| credit involuntary unemployment, credit casualty and credit | 0005| property insurance; | 0006| (2) insurance placed by a lending institution | 0007| on the collateral pledged as security for a loan when the | 0008| debtor breaches the contractual obligation to provide that | 0009| insurance; and | 0010| (3) private mortgage insurance and financial | 0011| guarantee insurance. | 0012| E. A lending institution shall not require as a | 0013| condition precedent to the extension of credit, or any | 0014| subsequent renewal thereof, or the procurement of other bank | 0015| services that the customer purchase insurance through a | 0016| particular insurer, agent or broker. | 0017| F. A lending institution shall not extend credit, | 0018| lease or sell property or furnish any other service or fix or | 0019| vary the consideration for any of the foregoing on the | 0020| condition or requirement that the customer obtain insurance | 0021| from that lending institution or from a particular insurer, | 0022| agent or broker. | 0023| G. A lending institution shall not impose a | 0024| requirement on an insurance agent or broker who is not | 0025| associated with the lending institution that is not imposed on | 0001| an insurance agent or broker who is associated with that | 0002| institution or, unless otherwise authorized by applicable | 0003| federal or state law, require a debtor, insurer, broker or | 0004| agent to pay a separate charge in connection with the handling | 0005| of insurance that is required under a contract. | 0006| H. A lending institution that sells insurance on | 0007| its premises shall: | 0008| (1) conspicuously post a notice that is | 0009| clearly visible to anyone who may purchase insurance that | 0010| insurance is not a deposit account insured by a federal deposit | 0011| insuring agency; | 0012| (2) orally inform a prospective purchaser of | 0013| insurance that insurance is not a deposit account insured by a | 0014| federal deposit insuring agency; and | 0015| (3) provide a written disclosure to the | 0016| customer containing the following statements before the sale of | 0017| insurance is complete: | 0018| (a) insurance is not a lending | 0019| institution deposit account and is not insured by its federal | 0020| deposit insuring agency; | 0021| (b) insurance is not an obligation of or | 0022| guaranteed by the lending institution; | 0023| (c) the customer is not required to | 0024| obtain insurance from a particular lending institution, agent | 0025| or broker; and | 0001| (d) where applicable, insurance involves | 0002| investment risk, including potential loss of principal. | 0003| I. The promotion and sale of insurance by a lending | 0004| institution shall be effectuated in such a manner so as to | 0005| avoid confusion between federally insured deposit products | 0006| offered by a lending institution and the nonfederally insured | 0007| insurance sold. Insurance advertisements and other promotional | 0008| material shall be accurate and not misleading or deceptive. | 0009| Insurance advertising and other promotional materials regarding | 0010| insurance shall include disclosures that contain language that | 0011| is the same or substantially similar to the following: | 0012| (1) insurance is not a lending institution | 0013| deposit and is not insured by its federal deposit insuring | 0014| agency; | 0015| (2) insurance is not an obligation of or | 0016| guaranteed by the lending institution; and | 0017| (3) where applicable, insurance involves | 0018| investment risk, including potential loss of principal. | 0019| J. Insurance operations may be conducted by the | 0020| lending institution, its holding company, an affiliate or | 0021| subsidiary of either or through a separate corporate entity or | 0022| partnership. | 0023| K. A lending institution shall not use nonpublic | 0024| information for the purpose of selling or soliciting the | 0025| purchase of insurance or provide nonpublic customer information | 0001| to a third party for the purpose of another's sale or | 0002| solicitation of the purchase of insurance without written | 0003| authorization from the customer. As used in this subsection, | 0004| "nonpublic customer information" means information regarding a | 0005| person that has been derived from a record of a financial | 0006| institution. "Nonpublic customer information" does not include | 0007| customer names and addresses and telephone numbers or | 0008| information about an individual that could be obtained from an | 0009| unaffiliated credit bureau that is subject to the Fair Credit | 0010| Reporting Act by a third party that is not entering into a | 0011| credit relationship with the individual but has a legitimate | 0012| need for the information in connection with a business | 0013| transaction with the individual, except that "nonpublic | 0014| customer information" includes information concerning insurance | 0015| premiums, the terms and conditions of insurance coverage, | 0016| insurance expirations, insurance claims and insurance history | 0017| of an individual. | 0018| L. A lending institution selling insurance in New | 0019| Mexico shall establish at least one in-state lending office. | 0020| M. Records relating to the insurance transactions | 0021| of a lending institution, including files relating to and | 0022| reflecting customer complaints, shall be kept separate and | 0023| apart from all records relating to the banking transactions of | 0024| the lending institution. Records pertaining to insurance | 0025| activities of the lending institution or copies of those | 0001| records shall be kept in the principal in-state office in the | 0002| state of the financial institution and shall be subject to the | 0003| inspection and audit by the insurance department. If the | 0004| department determines to inspect and audit the records relating | 0005| to the insurance activities of a lending institution, that | 0006| institution shall make available to the department, at a | 0007| location of the lending institution in the state, knowledgeable | 0008| personnel to assist in the interpretation of the lending | 0009| institution's records. | 0010| N. A lending institution, or officer, director or | 0011| employee acting on behalf of the institution, who qualifies for | 0012| issuance of an agent or broker's license pursuant to the | 0013| Insurance Code may be issued an agent or broker license | 0014| authorizing the sale of insurance. | 0015| O. A lending institution shall not pay a commission | 0016| or other valuable consideration to a person for services of an | 0017| insurance agent unless the person performing the service held a | 0018| valid insurance agent license for the class of insurance for | 0019| which the service was rendered or performed at the time the | 0020| service was performed. No person, other than a person properly | 0021| licensed in accordance with the Insurance Code, shall accept | 0022| any commission or valuable consideration for those services. | 0023| P. A lending institution shall not offer an | 0024| inducement to a customer to purchase insurance from the | 0025| institution other than as plainly expressed in the insurance | 0001| policy. Investment programs, memberships or other programs | 0002| designed or represented to waive, reduce, pay, produce or | 0003| provide funds to pay all or part of the cost on insurance are | 0004| an illegal inducement. | 0005| Q. A lending institution may not in the same | 0006| transaction solicit the purchase of insurance from a customer | 0007| who has applied for a loan from the institution before the time | 0008| the customer has received a written commitment from the lending | 0009| institution with respect to that loan, or, in the event that no | 0010| written commitment has been or will be issued in connection | 0011| with the loan, a lending institution shall not solicit the | 0012| purchase of insurance before the time the customer receives | 0013| notification of approval of the loan by the lending | 0014| institution, and the institution creates a written record of | 0015| the loan approval. | 0016| R. Solicitation for the purchase of insurance by | 0017| the lending institution shall be conducted only by persons | 0018| whose responsibilities do not include loan transactions or | 0019| other transactions involving the extension of credit, except | 0020| that at a lending institution location having three or fewer | 0021| persons with lending authority, solicitation for the sale of | 0022| insurance may be conducted by a person with responsibilities | 0023| for loan transactions involving the extension of credit so long | 0024| as the person primarily responsible for making the specific | 0025| loan or extension of credit is not the same person engaged in | 0001| the solicitation for the purchase or sale of insurance for that | 0002| same transaction. | 0003| S. If insurance is required as a condition of | 0004| obtaining a loan, the credit and insurance transactions shall | 0005| be completed independently and through separate documents. | 0006| T. A loan for premiums on required insurance shall | 0007| not be included in the primary credit without the written | 0008| consent of the customer. | 0009| U. A person who engages in loan transactions at any | 0010| office of, or on behalf of, a lending institution or any other | 0011| agent, employee, director or officer of the institution may | 0012| refer a customer who seeks to purchase, or seeks an opinion or | 0013| advice on any insurance product, to a person, or may give the | 0014| phone number of a person who sells or provides opinions or | 0015| advice on such products only if the customer expressly requests | 0016| the referral; the person who engages in loan transactions does | 0017| not solicit the customer request; and the person who engages in | 0018| the loan transaction does not receive any compensation for the | 0019| referral. | 0020| V. The place of solicitation or sale of insurance | 0021| by a lending institution to the extent practicable shall be: | 0022| (1) physically located to be distinct from the | 0023| banking activities of the institution; and | 0024| (2) clearly and conspicuously signed to be | 0025| easily distinguishable by the public as separate and distinct | 0001| from the banking activities of the institution. | 0002| W. Signs and other informational material | 0003| concerning the availability of insurance products from the | 0004| lending institution or third party soliciting the purchase of | 0005| or selling insurance on the premises of the lending institution | 0006| shall not be displayed to the extent practicable in an area | 0007| where application for loans or other extensions of credit are | 0008| being taken or closed. | 0009| X. Nothing in this section grants an institution, | 0010| including its holding company, subsidiary or affiliate, except | 0011| those enumerated in this section, the power to sell insurance | 0012| that was not allowed prior to July 1, 1997. | 0013| Y. Nothing in this section precludes the | 0014| superintendent from adopting reasonable rules and regulations | 0015| for the purposes of the administration of the provisions of | 0016| this section, including rules and regulations for written | 0017| disclosures." | 0018| Section 2. SEVERABILITY.--If any part or application of | 0019| this act is held invalid, the remainder or its application to | 0020| other situations or persons shall not be affected. | 0021| Section 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the | 0022| provisions of this act is July 1, 1997. | 0023|  State of New Mexico | 0024| House of Representatives | 0025| | 0001| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0002| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0003| | 0004| | 0005| January 30, 1997 | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| Mr. Speaker: | 0009| | 0010| Your BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY COMMITTEE, to whom | 0011| has been referred | 0012| | 0013| HOUSE BILL 238 | 0014| | 0015| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0016| recommendation that it DO PASS. | 0017| | 0018| Respectfully submitted, | 0019| | 0020| | 0021| | 0022| | 0023| | 0024| Fred Luna, Chairman | 0025| | 0001| | 0002| Adopted Not Adopted | 0003| | 0004| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0005| | 0006| Date | 0007| | 0008| The roll call vote was 10 For 0 Against | 0009| Yes: 10 | 0010| Excused: Getty, Hobbs | 0011| Absent: Olguin | 0012| | 0013| | 0014| G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\H0238 | 0015| | 0016| | 0017| | 0018| | 0019| | 0020| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0021| FIRST SESSION, 1997 HB 238/a | 0022| | 0023| | 0024| March 12, 1997 | 0025| | 0001| | 0002| Mr. President: | 0003| | 0004| Your CORPORATIONS & TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, to | 0005| whom has been referred | 0006| | 0007| HOUSE BILL 238, as amended | 0008| | 0009| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0010| recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows: | 0011| | 0012| 1. On page 1, line 23, after "or" insert "insurance agent, | 0013| solicitor or broker". | 0014| | 0015| 2. On page 2, line 7, strike "and". | 0016| | 0017| 3. On page 2, line 10, strike "its" and insert in lieu | 0018| thereof "a". | 0019| | 0020| 4. On page 2, line 13, strike the period, insert in lieu | 0021| thereof a semicolon and between lines 13 and 14, insert the | 0022| following new paragraphs: | 0023| | 0024| "(4) "sell" means to engage in the solicitation, | 0025| sale and placement of insurance and such other related activities | 0001| conducted by an agent, solicitor or broker pursuant to the | 0002| Insurance Code; | 0003| | 0004| (5) "service contract" means a contract issued on | 0005| consumer products pursuant to which the vendor or manufacturer | 0006| bears the cost of the repair or replacement of the consumer | 0007| product; | 0008| | 0009| (6) "insurance premium finance agreement" means an | 0010| agreement by which an insured or a prospective insured promises | 0011| to pay to any person engaged in the business of premium | 0012| financing, the amount advanced or to be advanced under the | 0013| agreement to an insurer or to an insurance agent or broker in | 0014| payment of premiums on an insurance contract; and | 0015| | 0016| | 0017| | 0018| | 0019| | 0020| | 0021| (7) "loan transaction" and any other reference to | 0022| lending or extension of credit does not include loans made by | 0023| broker-dealers registered in accordance with applicable state and | 0024| federal securities laws that are wholly collateralized by | 0025| securities.". | 0001| | 0002| 5. On page 3, line 5, before the semicolon insert: | 0003| | 0004| ", and when providing insurance coverage to a borrower or co- | 0005| borrower or both, the following insurance products: accidental | 0006| death and dismemberment, accidental disability and any other | 0007| accidental casualty insurance product". | 0008| | 0009| 6. On page 3, line 9, strike "and". | 0010| | 0011| 7. On page 3, line 11, strike the period, insert a | 0012| semicolon and between lines 11 and 12, insert the following new | 0013| paragraphs: | 0014| | 0015| "(4) annuities; | 0016| | 0017| (5) service contracts; | 0018| | 0019| (6) insurance premium finance agreements; and | 0020| | 0021| (7) travel accident or baggage insurance.". | 0022| | 0023| 8. On page 3, line 16, after "agent" insert ", solicitor". | 0024| | 0025| 9. On page 3, line 21, after "agent" insert ", solicitor". | 0001| | 0002| 10. On page 3, line 24, after "agent" insert ", solicitor". | 0003| | 0004| 11. On page 4, line 1, after "agent" insert ", solicitor". | 0005| | 0006| 12. On page 4, line 3, strike "broker or" and after "agent" | 0007| insert ", solicitor or broker". | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| | 0012| | 0013| | 0014| | 0015| | 0016| | 0017| | 0018| 13. On page 4, line 6, after "institution" insert ", except | 0019| an institution that does not accept deposits that are federally | 0020| insured,". | 0021| | 0022| 14. On page 4, line 24, after "agent" insert ", solicitor". | 0023| | 0024| 15. On page 5, line 3, strike "promotion and". | 0025| | 0001| 16. On page 5, line 4, after "institution" insert ", except | 0002| an institution that does not accept deposits that are federally | 0003| insured,". | 0004| | 0005| 17. On page 5, line 7, strike "promotional" and insert in | 0006| lieu thereof "sales". | 0007| | 0008| 18. On page 5, line 9, strike "promotional" and insert in | 0009| lieu thereof "sales". | 0010| | 0011| 19. On page 5, line 23, after "not" strike the remainder of | 0012| the line, strike line 24 and strike line 25 through "or". | 0013| | 0014| 20. On page 6, line 1, after "sale" strike the remainder of | 0015| the line and strike line 2 through "purchase". | 0016| | 0017| 21. On page 6, line 17, after the period insert: | 0018| | 0019| "Notwithstanding any provision in this section to the contrary, | 0020| compliance with Section 603 of the federal Fair Credit Reporting | 0021| Act by a lending institution shall be deemed to be full | 0022| compliance with this subsection. Nonpublic customer information | 0023| does not include material excluded from the definition of | 0024| "consumer report" by Section 603(d)(2)(A) of the federal Fair | 0025| Credit Reporting Act.". | 0001| | 0002| 22. On page 6, strike lines 18 and 19. | 0003| | 0004| 23. Reletter the succeeding subsections accordingly. | 0005| | 0006| 24. On page 6, line 20, strike "transactions" and insert in | 0007| lieu thereof "sales". | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| | 0012| | 0013| 25. On page 7, line 2, after "institution" insert "or with | 0014| the institution's resident agent, solicitor or broker". | 0015| | 0016| 26. On page 7, line 7, after "state" insert "or in the | 0017| office of the institution's resident agent, solicitor or broker". | 0018| | 0019| 27. On page 7, line 11, strike "agent" and insert in lieu | 0020| thereof "agent's, solicitor's". | 0021| | 0022| 28. On page 7, line 16, after "agent" insert ", solicitor | 0023| or broker". | 0024| | 0025| 29. On page 7, line 16, strike "held" and insert in lieu | 0001| thereof "holds". | 0002| | 0003| 30. On page 7, line 17, strike "agent". | 0004| | 0005| 31. On page 7, line 18, strike "was" and insert in lieu | 0006| thereof "is". | 0007| | 0008| 32. On page 7, line 19, strike "was" and insert in lieu | 0009| thereof "is". | 0010| | 0011| 33. On page 8, line 13, after the period insert: | 0012| | 0013| "This subsection shall not apply when a lending institution | 0014| contacts a customer in the course of direct or mass marketing to | 0015| a group of persons in a manner that bears no relation to the | 0016| customer's loan application or credit decision.". | 0017| | 0018| 34. On page 8, strike lines 14 through 25, and insert in | 0019| lieu thereof: | 0020| | 0021| "R. The sale of insurance by a lending institution, | 0022| credit union, sales financing company, insurance institution, | 0023| independent company, any institution granting or arranging | 0024| consumer credit or any institution soliciting or making loans in | 0025| the state of New Mexico, except a broker or dealer registered | 0001| under the Securities Exchange | 0002| | 0003| | 0004| | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| Act of 1934, may be conducted by a person whose responsibilities | 0008| include loan transactions or other transactions involving the | 0009| extension of credit so long as the person who is primarily | 0010| responsible for making the specific loan or extension of credit | 0011| is not the same person engaged in the sale of insurance for that | 0012| same transaction." | 0013| | 0014| 35. On page 9, line 6, before the period insert ", which | 0015| may be evidenced by compliance with the federal Truth in Lending | 0016| Act". | 0017| | 0018| 36. On page 9, line 9, after "the" insert "lending". | 0019| | 0020| 37. On page 9, line 18, strike "place of solicitation or" | 0021| and insert in lieu thereof "location for the". | 0022| | 0023| 38. On page 9, line 18, strike "by" and insert in lieu | 0024| thereof "on the premises of". | 0025| | 0001| 39. On page 9, line 19, after "institution" insert ", | 0002| except an institution that does not accept deposits that are | 0003| federally insured,". | 0004| | 0005| 40. On page 9, line 21, strike "banking" and insert in lieu | 0006| thereof "lending". | 0007| | 0008| 41. On page 9, line 24, strike "banking" and insert in lieu | 0009| thereof "lending". | 0010| | 0011| 42. On page 10, line 7, strike "an" and insert in lieu | 0012| thereof "a lending". | 0013| | 0014| 43. On page 10, line 15, strike the closing quotation mark | 0015| and between lines 15 and 16, insert the following new subsection: | 0016| | 0017| "Z. If any of the provisions of this section are | 0018| preempted by federal law, then those preempted provisions shall | 0019| not apply to any person or lending institution subject to the | 0020| provisions of this section."". | 0021| | 0022| | 0023| | 0024| | 0025| | 0001| | 0002| | 0003| | 0004| | 0005| Respectfully submitted, | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| __________________________________ | 0011| Roman M. Maes, III, Chairman | 0012| | 0013| | 0014| | 0015| Adopted_______________________ Not | 0016| Adopted_______________________ | 0017| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0018| | 0019| | 0020| Date ________________________ | 0021| | 0022| | 0023| The roll call vote was 5 For 2 Against | 0024| Yes: 5 | 0025| No: Kidd, McKibben | 0001| Excused: Fidel, Griego, Howes | 0002| Absent: None | 0003| | 0004| | 0005| H0238CT1 .118651.1/a | 0006| |