Insurance in the event of death is void if the insured voluntarily commits suicide during the first year of the contract.
Insurance in the event of death must cover the risk of suicide from the second year of the contract. In the event of an increase in cover during the term of the contract, the risk of suicide, for additional cover, is covered from the second year following this increase.
The provisions of the first paragraph do not apply to contracts mentioned in article L. 141-1 taken out by the bodies mentioned in the last paragraph of article L. 141-6.
Insurance in the event of death must cover, from the time of subscription, up to a ceiling to be defined by decree, the contracts mentioned in article L. 141-1 taken out by the organisations mentioned in the last sentence of the last paragraph of article L. 141-6, to guarantee repayment of a loan taken out to finance the purchase of the insured person’s main home.