40-3510. Discrimination in issuing or extending insurance prohibited; requirements on lender by insurance company authorized; examination of borrower and appraisal report required prior to writing insurance.
(a) No mortgage guaranty insurance company may discriminate in the issuance or extension of mortgage guaranty insurance on the basis of the applicant's sex, marital status, race, color, creed or national origin.
(b) Nothing in this act shall be construed as limiting the right of any mortgage guaranty insurance company to impose reasonable requirements upon the lender with regard to the terms of any note or bond or other evidence of indebtedness secured by a mortgage or deed of trust, such as requiring a stipulated down payment by the borrower.
(c) No policy of mortgage guaranty insurance excluding policies of reinsurance, shall be written unless and until the insurer or the lender, in compliance with underwriting directives from the insurer and subject to periodic underwriting audits by the insurer shall have conducted a reasonable and thorough examination of: (1) The evidence supporting credit worthiness of the borrower; and (2) the appraisal report reflecting market evaluation of the property and shall have determined that prudent underwriting standards have been met.
History: L. 1977, ch. 154, § 10; L. 1995, ch. 55, § 1; July 1.