(a) In this title the following words have the meanings indicated. (b) 'Credit health insurance' means insurance on a debtor that provides indemnity for payments that are due on a specific loan or other credit transaction while the debtor is disabled as defined by the policy. (c) 'Credit involuntary unemployment benefit insurance' means insurance on a debtor that provides indemnity for payments that are due on a specific loan or other credit transaction while the debtor is involuntarily unemployed as defined by the policy. (d) 'Credit life insurance' means insurance on the life of a debtor in connection with a specific loan or other credit transaction. (e) 'Creditor' means: (1) a lender of money or vendor or lessor of goods, services, or property rights or privileges for which payment is arranged through a credit transaction; (2) a successor to the right, title, or interest of the lender, vendor, or lessor; (3) an affiliate, associate, subsidiary, director, officer, or employee of the lender, vendor, or lessor; or (4) any other person in any way associated with the lender, vendor, or lessor. or lessor; (3) an affiliate, associate, subsidiary, director, officer, or employee of the lender, vendor, or lessor; or (4) any other person in any way associated with the lender, vendor, or lessor. (f) (1) 'Debtor' means a borrower of money or purchaser or lessee of goods, services, or property rights or privileges for which payment is arranged through a credit transaction. (2) 'Debtor' includes the husband or wife or both, as specified in the certificate of insurance, if the husband and wife are jointly liable under a contract of indebtedness. (g) 'Indebtedness' means the total amount payable by a debtor to a creditor in connection with a loan or other credit transaction.
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