Texas Insurance Code

§ 1114.001 — PURPOSE

IN § 1114.001Title 7. LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES · Part A. LIFE INSURANCE IN GENERAL · Ch. 1114. REPLACEMENT OF CERTAIN LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES AND ANNUITIES · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

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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.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 904 (H.B. 2762), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.