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Texas Insurance Code - INS § 4001.158. Replacement of Existing Life Insurance or Annuity Contract Prohibited

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) A temporary license holder who is acting under the authority of that license may not:

(1) engage in an insurance solicitation, sale, or other agency transaction that the license holder knows or should know will result or is intended to result in:

(A) the purchase of a new life insurance or annuity contract;  and

(B) any of the following actions with regard to an existing individual life insurance or annuity contract as a result of that purchase:

(i) termination of the contract by lapse, forfeiture, surrender, or other means;

(ii) conversion of the contract to reduced paid-up insurance, continuation of the contract as extended term insurance, or reduction in value of the contract by the use of nonforfeiture benefits or other policy values;

(iii) amendment of the contract to reduce:

(a) benefits;  or

(b) the term for which coverage would otherwise remain in force or for which benefits would be paid;

(iv) reissuance of the contract with a reduction in cash value;  or

(v) pledge of the contract as collateral or subjection of the contract to borrowing, whether in a single loan or under a schedule of borrowing, for amounts that in the aggregate exceed 25 percent of the loan value prescribed by the contract;  or

(2) directly or indirectly receive a commission or other compensation that results or may result from a solicitation, sale, or other agency transaction described by Subdivision (1).

(b) A person who holds a permanent license may not circumvent or attempt to circumvent the intent of this section by acting for or with a person holding a temporary license.

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