Md. Code Ann., Com. Law § 12-1206
Financial or insurance products as condition to reverse mortgage loan
Effective Oct 1, 2010Added by Acts 2010, c. 622, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2010; Acts 2010, c. 623, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2010.State of Maryland
(a)
- (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a lender or an arranger of financing may not require a borrower to purchase an annuity, a long-term care policy, or other financial or insurance product as a condition to obtaining a reverse mortgage loan.
- (2) A lender or an arranger of financing may require a borrower to purchase title insurance, hazard, flood, or other peril insurance, and any other financial or insurance product that is required for reverse mortgage loans insured under 12 U.S.C. § 1715z-20.
(b) A lender or an arranger of financing may not refer a borrower to any person for the purchase of an annuity or any other financial or insurance product before the later of:
- (1) The closing of the reverse mortgage loan; or
- (2) The expiration of the borrower's right to rescind the reverse mortgage loan agreement.
(c) This section does not prohibit a lender or an arranger of financing from offering to a borrower, or referring a borrower to a person for the purchase of:
- (1) Title insurance;
- (2) Hazard, flood, or other peril insurance; or
- (3) Other products that are customary under a reverse mortgage loan.
Added by Acts 2010, c. 622, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2010; Acts 2010, c. 623, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2010.