Ins. Code, § 11142 · Article 7. Financial Matters
Ins. Code, § 11142
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
No person shall cause or permit to be made, issued or circulated in any form:
(a) Any misrepresentation or false or misleading statement concerning the terms, benefits or advantages of any fraternal insurance contract now issued or to be issued in this State; or the financial condition of any society or the legal reserve system upon which it operates; or any other matter concerning any society;
(b) Any false or misleading estimate or statement concerning the dividends or shares of surplus paid or to be paid by any society on any insurance contract; or
(c) Any incomplete comparison of an insurance contract of one society with an insurance contract of another society or insurer for the purpose of inducing the lapse, forfeiture or surrender of any insurance contract.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Repealed and added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1193.
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