Section 4052.001. Definition

TX Ins Code § 4052.001 (2019) (N/A)

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Sec. 4052.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "life and health insurance counselor" means a person who:

(1) for compensation, offers to examine or examines a life, accident, or health insurance policy, a health benefit plan, or an annuity or pure endowment contract to give advice or other information regarding:

(A) the policy, plan, or contract terms, conditions, benefits, coverage, or premiums; or

(B) the advisability of:

(i) changing, exchanging, converting, replacing, surrendering, continuing, or rejecting a policy, plan, or contract; or

(ii) accepting or procuring a policy, plan, or contract from an insurer or health benefit plan issuer; or

(2) in any public manner:

(A) uses as a title:

(i) "insurance adviser";

(ii) "insurance analyst";

(iii) "insurance counselor";

(iv) "insurance specialist";

(v) "policyholders' adviser";

(vi) "policyholders' counselor"; or

(vii) any other similar title; or

(B) uses any other title indicating that the person gives or is engaged in the business of giving advice or other information to an insured, a beneficiary, or any other person having an interest in a life, accident, or health insurance policy, a health benefit plan, or an annuity or pure endowment contract.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 7, eff. April 1, 2005.

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