Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
INSURANCE CODE |
Title 7. LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES |
Subtitle A. LIFE INSURANCE IN GENERAL |
Chapter 1114. REPLACEMENT OF CERTAIN LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES AND ANNUITIES |
Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS |
Sec. 1114.001. PURPOSE
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The purpose of this chapter is to:
(1) regulate the activities of insurers and agents with respect to the replacement of existing life insurance and annuities;
(2) protect the interests of purchasers of life insurance or annuities by establishing minimum standards of conduct to be observed in replacement or financed purchase transactions;
(3) ensure that purchasers receive information with which a decision in the purchaser's best interest may be made;
(4) reduce the opportunity for misrepresentation and incomplete disclosure; and
(5) establish penalties for failure to comply with the requirements adopted under this chapter.
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 904 , Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.