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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Insurance Code § 463.451: PROHIBITED USE OF PROTECTION PROVIDED BY CHAPTER.

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  1. INSURANCE CODE
  2. TITLE 4. REGULATION OF SOLVENCY
  3. SUBTITLE D. GUARANTY ASSOCIATIONS
  4. CHAPTER 463. TEXAS LIFE AND HEALTH INSURANCE GUARANTY ASSOCIATION
  5. SUBCHAPTER J. PROHIBITED PRACTICES

(a) A person may not 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, a written or oral advertisement, announcement, or statement that uses the existence of the association to sell, solicit, or induce the purchase of a kind of insurance with respect to which this chapter provides coverage.

(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; or

(4) in any other manner.

(c) Except as provided by Section 463.114, the use by a person of the protection provided by this chapter in the sale of insurance is unfair competition and an unfair practice under Chapter 541.

(d) This section does not apply to the association or any other entity that does not sell or solicit insurance.

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 727 (H.B. 2017), Sec. 1, eff. April 1, 2007.

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