(a) “Replacement” means any transaction in which new life insurance or a new annuity is to be purchased, and it is known or should be known to the proposing agent, or to the proposing insurer if there is no agent, that by reason of that transaction, the existing life insurance or annuity has been or is to be any of the following:
(1) Lapsed, forfeited, surrendered, or otherwise terminated.
(2) Converted to reduced paid-up insurance, continued as extended term insurance, or otherwise reduced in value by the use of nonforfeiture benefits or other policy values.
(3) Amended so as to effect either a reduction in benefits or in the term for which coverage would otherwise remain in force or for which benefits would be paid.
(4) Reissued with any reduction in cash value.
(5) Pledged as collateral or subjected to borrowing, whether in a single loan or under a schedule of borrowing over a period of time for amounts in the aggregate exceeding 25 percent of the loan value set forth in the policy.
(b) “Conservation” means any attempt by the existing insurer or its agent to dissuade a policyowner from the replacement of existing life insurance or annuity. Conservation does not include routine administrative procedures such as late payment reminders, late payment offers, or reinstatement offers.
(c) “Direct-response sales” means any sale of life insurance or annuity where the insurer does not utilize an agent in the sale or delivery of the policy.
(d) “Existing insurer” means the insurer whose policy is or will be changed or terminated in such a manner as described within the definition of “replacement.”
(e) “Existing life insurance or annuity” means any life insurance or annuity in force including life insurance under a binding or conditional receipt or a life insurance policy that is within an unconditional refund period.
(f) “Replacing insurer” means the insurer that issues a new policy which is a replacement of existing life insurance or annuity.
(g) “Registered contract” means variable annuities, investment annuities, variable life insurance under which the death benefits and cash values vary in accordance with unit values of investments held in a separate account, or any other contracts issued by life insurers which are registered with the Federal Securities and Exchange Commission.
(Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 380, Sec. 2.)
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