28 Tex. Admin. Code § 3.4311

Current through Reg. 49, No. 49; December 6, 2024
Section 3.4311 - Unfair, Discriminatory or Deceptive Practices Prohibited
(a) Acceleration-of-life-insurance benefit provisions are subject to the Insurance Code Chapter 541 (concerning Unfair Methods of Competition and Unfair or Deceptive Acts or Practices) and rules promulgated under Chapter 541.
(b) Insurers offering acceleration-of-life-insurance benefits shall not engage in unfair, discriminatory or deceptive practices in relation to the offer, sale or administration of acceleration-of-life-insurance benefits, including, but not limited to, the following practices:
(1) reclassification of the insured as a result of payment of the benefit specified in an acceleration-of-life-insurance benefit provision to a class of risk less favorable than the class of risk to which the insured originally belonged;
(2) unfair discrimination among insureds with differing qualifying events; or
(3) unfair discrimination among insureds with similar qualifying events.

28 Tex. Admin. Code § 3.4311

The provisions of this §3.4311 adopted to be effective March 1, 1998, 23 TexReg 1585; transferred effective April 16, 1999, 24 TexReg 3092; amended to be effective June 23, 2008, 33 TexReg 4884