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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
No person shall make, issue, circulate, or cause to be made, issued or circulated, an estimate, illustration, circular or statement, sales presentation, omission, or comparison that:
(1) Misrepresents the benefits, advantages, conditions, or terms of a policy;
(2) Misrepresents the dividends or share of the surplus to be received on a policy;
(3) Makes a false or misleading statement as to the dividends or share of surplus previously paid on a policy;
(4) Is misleading or is a misrepresentation as to the financial condition of an insurer or as to the legal reserve system upon which a life insurer operates;
(5) Uses a name or title of a policy or class of policies misrepresenting the true nature thereof;
(6) Is a misrepresentation, including an intentional erroneous quotation of a premium rate for the purpose of inducing, or tending to induce, the purchase, lapse, forfeiture, exchange, conversion, or surrender of a policy;
(7) Is a misrepresentation for the purpose of effecting a pledge or assignment of, or effecting a loan against, a policy;
(8) Misrepresents a policy as being shares of stock; or
(9) Uses a name which deceptively infers or suggests that it is an insurer if it is not an insurer.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - District of Columbia Code Division V. Local Business Affairs § 31-2231.03. Misrepresentations and false advertising of insurance policies. - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/dc/division-v-local-business-affairs/dc-code-sect-31-2231-03/
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