Texas Insurance Code

§ 541.052 — FALSE INFORMATION AND ADVERTISING

IN § 541.052Title 5. PROTECTION OF CONSUMER INTERESTS · Part C. DECEPTIVE, UNFAIR, AND PROHIBITED PRACTICES · Ch. 541. UNFAIR METHODS OF COMPETITION AND UNFAIR OR DECEPTIVE ACTS OR PRACTICES · Art. B. UNFAIR METHODS OF COMPETITION AND UNFAIR OR DECEPTIVE ACTS OR PRACTICES DEFINED

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(a)It is an unfair method of competition or an unfair or deceptive act or practice in the business of insurance to make, publish, disseminate, circulate, or place before the public or directly or indirectly cause to be made, published, disseminated, circulated, or placed before the public an advertisement, announcement, or statement containing an untrue, deceptive, or misleading assertion, representation, or statement regarding the business of insurance or a person in the conduct of the person's insurance business.

(b)This section applies to an advertisement, announcement, or statement made, published, disseminated, circulated, or placed before the public:

(1)in a newspaper, magazine, or other publication;

(2)in a notice, circular, pamphlet, letter, or poster;

(3)over a radio or television station;

(4)through the Internet; or

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Legislative history

Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 475 (H.B. 2251), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2007.