Texas § IN.4001.158 - REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING LIFE INSURANCE OR ANNUITY CONTRACT PROHIBITED

§ IN.4001.158. REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING LIFE INSURANCE OR ANNUITY CONTRACT PROHIBITED

REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING LIFE INSURANCE OR ANNUITY CONTRACT PROHIBITED. (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. Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 7, eff. April 1, 2005.