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INSS and Caixa Seal 30-Day Freeze on Insurance Tied to Consignado Loans

The agreement imposes specific restitution, documentation, reporting requirements to protect INSS beneficiaries.

Overview

  • Sales of loan-linked credit insurance are suspended for 30 days or until an INSS administrative review concludes.
  • Caixa must stop conditioning payroll-deducted loans on purchasing insurance and end any commercial tying of the products.
  • The bank will enforce the 1.60-times benefit income limit on credit and refund amounts collected where that cap was exceeded.
  • Caixa must supply missing contract documents, report every 60 days on beneficiaries refunded, and prove clients were told the source of repayments.
  • Banco Inter, Facta and Cobuccio signed similar commitments, a prior Banco BMG deal set a restitution precedent, and Caixa Seguridade says its model complies with the law.