(a) A lessor may require that the lessee maintain casualty insurance on the leased goods, or liability insurance against personal injury or property damage caused to others, or both, during the period of the lease. If a lessor requires that the lessee maintain either casualty or liability insurance, or both, the lessor shall disclose in a conspicuous manner in a record: (1) Whether the insurance is included in the lease for no additional charge; (2) if the insurance is not included in the lease or if there is an additional charge for obtaining insurance through the lessor, that the lessee may purchase the required insurance from an insurer of the lessee's choice, subject to the lessor's right to reject that insurer for reasonable cause; and (3) that the insurance policies offered by the lessor may duplicate coverage already provided by a lessee's personal insurance policies.
(b) If casualty insurance on the leased goods is neither required nor provided in a consumer lease, the lease must contain or be accompanied by a conspicuous statement in a record substantially as follows: “No insurance coverage for physical damage to the leased goods, or loss of the leased goods, is provided under this lease.”
(c) A lessor may not require the lessee to purchase credit life, accident, health, loss-of-income or similar insurance in connection with a consumer lease. If a lessor provides such insurance in connection with a consumer lease:
(1) The lessor shall disclose in a record that the insurance is not required; and
(2) The lessee's election to purchase the insurance is effective only if after receiving the disclosure the lessee separately signs a record requesting the insurance.
(d) If a lessee becomes obligated to pay an amount for insurance provided by or through the lessor, the lessor shall furnish or arrange to have furnished to the lessee a copy of the policy or certificate of insurance.
(P.A. 02-81, S. 15; P.A. 09-134, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 02-81 effective July 1, 2003; P.A. 09-134 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting former provision re insurance included in lease and requiring disclosure in a conspicuous manner of requirements re insurance coverage provided in Subdivs. (1) to (3), and inserted “conspicuous” in Subsec. (b), effective October 1, 2009, and applicable to consumer leases entered, renewed, modified or extended on or after October 1, 2009.