Sec. 4001.158.  REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING LIFE INSURANCE OR ANNUITY CONTRACT PROHIBITED.  (a)  A temporary license holder who is acting under the authority of that license may not:
(1)  engage in an insurance solicitation, sale, or other agency transaction that the license holder knows or should know will result or is intended to result in:
(A)  the purchase of a new life insurance or annuity contract;  and
(B)  any of the following actions with regard to an existing individual life insurance or annuity contract as a result of that purchase:
(i)  termination of the contract by lapse, forfeiture, surrender, or other means;
(ii)  conversion of the contract to reduced paid-up insurance, continuation of the contract as extended term insurance, or reduction in value of the contract by the use of nonforfeiture benefits or other policy values;
(iii)  amendment of the contract to reduce:
(a)  benefits;  or
(b)  the term for which coverage would otherwise remain in force or for which benefits would be paid;
(iv)  reissuance of the contract with a reduction in cash value;  or
(v)  pledge of the contract as collateral or subjection of the contract to borrowing, whether in a single loan or under a schedule of borrowing, for amounts that in the aggregate exceed 25 percent of the loan value prescribed by the contract;  or
(2)  directly or indirectly receive a commission or other compensation that results or may result from a solicitation, sale, or other agency transaction described by Subdivision (1).
(b)  A person who holds a permanent license may not circumvent or attempt to circumvent the intent of this section by acting for or with a person holding a temporary license.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 7, eff. April 1, 2005.