Sec. 4052.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "life and health insurance counselor" means a person who:
(1) for compensation, offers to examine or examines a life, accident, or health insurance policy, a health benefit plan, or an annuity or pure endowment contract to give advice or other information regarding:
(A) the policy, plan, or contract terms, conditions, benefits, coverage, or premiums; or
(B) the advisability of:
(i) changing, exchanging, converting, replacing, surrendering, continuing, or rejecting a policy, plan, or contract; or
(ii) accepting or procuring a policy, plan, or contract from an insurer or health benefit plan issuer; or
(2) in any public manner:
(A) uses as a title:
(i) "insurance adviser";
(ii) "insurance analyst";
(iii) "insurance counselor";
(iv) "insurance specialist";
(v) "policyholders' adviser";
(vi) "policyholders' counselor"; or
(vii) any other similar title; or
(B) uses any other title indicating that the person gives or is engaged in the business of giving advice or other information to an insured, a beneficiary, or any other person having an interest in a life, accident, or health insurance policy, a health benefit plan, or an annuity or pure endowment contract.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 7, eff. April 1, 2005.
Section: 4052.001 4052.002 4052.003 4052.004 4052.005 4052.051 4052.052 4052.053 4052.054 4052.055 4052.056 NextLast modified: September 28, 2016