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Endowment loans.
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133.—(1) A mortgage agent shall ensure that an information document which refers or relates to an endowment loan, an application form issued to a person for the purpose of applying for such a loan, and any document approving such a loan shall contain in a prominent position the following notice:
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“WARNING
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THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT THE PROCEEDS OF THE INSURANCE POLICY WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO REPAY THE LOAN IN FULL WHEN IT BECOMES DUE FOR REPAYMENT.”.
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(2) Where an application for an endowment loan is made, otherwise than by way of an application form, the applicant shall be supplied by the mortgage agent with a notice in accordance with subsection (1) within 10 days of the receipt of the application.
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(3) Subsections (1) and (2) shall not apply where the insurer underwriting the insurance policy in respect of an endowment loan guarantees that the proceeds of the policy at the initial premium will be sufficient to repay the loan in full when it becomes due for repayment or where the mortgage lender undertakes to accept the proceeds in full and final settlement of the loan debt.
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(4) Where there is a possibility that, during the lifetime of an endowment loan, the borrower may be required or advised by the insurer or mortgage lender to increase the amount of the premium payments on the insurance policy relating to the loan, in order to secure an increase in the proceeds of the policy on maturity, then the document sent to the applicant approving the loan shall contain a statement of this possibility in a prominent position.
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(5) Where the possibility exists that early surrender of the insurance policy in respect of an endowment loan may result in a return to the consumer which would be less than he has paid in premia and other charges, any document refered to in subsection (1) shall contain a statement of this possibility.
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(6) An insurer underwriting an insurance policy in respect of an endowment loan shall within 5 years of the policy being issued and every 5 years thereafter, until such time as the endowment loan is repaid, issue or cause to be issued to the borrower, a statement setting out the value of the policy as estimated by the insurer, at such date together with a comparison of this valuation to the valuation at such date projected at the time the policy was first written, and a revised estimate of its valuation at maturity.
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