§ 58-33-128 — Certain disclosure practices considered false, misleading, deceptive, or unfair.

The following acts or practices by an insurer and or insurance producer regarding disclosure are declared to be false, misleading, deceptive, or unfair: (1) Deploying, using, or contracting for any lead-generating materials designed exclusively for use with service members that do not clearly and conspicuously disclose that the recipient will be contacted by an insurance producer, if that is the case, for the purpose of soliciting the purchase of life insurance; (2) Failing to disclose that a solicitation for the sale of life insurance will be made when establishing a specific appointment for an in-person, face-to-face meeting with a prospective purchaser; (3) Excluding individually issued annuities, failing to clearly and conspicuously disclose the fact that the product being sold is life insurance; (4) Failing to make, at the time of sale or offer to an individual known to be a service member, the written disclosures required by section 10 of the Military Personnel Financial Services Protection Act, Pub. L. No. 109-290, as of January 1, 2008; or (5) Excluding individually issued annuities, if the sale is conducted in-person face-to-face with an individual known to be a service member, failing to provide the applicant at the time the application is taken: (a) An explanation of any free look period with instructions on how to cancel if a policy is issued; and (b) Either a copy of the application or a written disclosure. The copy of the application or the written disclosure shall clearly and concisely set out the type of life insurance, the death benefit applied for and its expected first year cost. A basic illustration that meets the requirements as adopted by rule pursuant to § 58-33-5.1 is sufficient to meet this requirement for a written disclosure.

Legislative History

SL 2008, ch 272, § 12.