New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 13 - INSURANCE
Chapter 4 - LICENSING OF INSURANCE PROFESSIONALS
Part 8 - PUBLIC, STAFF AND INDEPENDENT ADJUSTERS
Section 13.4.8.19 - ADVERTISEMENTS
Universal Citation: 13 NM Admin Code 13.4.8.19
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. Definition. As used in this section, "advertisement" includes:
(1) printed and published material, audio
visual material and descriptive literature of an insurance adjuster used in
direct mail, newspapers, magazines, radio, telephone and television scripts,
internet web sites, billboards, and similar displays;
(2) descriptive literature and promotional
aids of all kinds issued by an insurance adjuster for presentation to members
of the public, including but not limited to circulars, leaflets, booklets,
depictions, illustrations, form letters, and lead-generating devices of all
kinds;
(3) prepared promotional
talks, presentations and materials for use by an insurance adjuster, and those
representations made on a recurring basis by an insurance adjuster to members
of the public;
(4) advertising
material used to:
(a) solicit contracts from
insureds; or
(b) modify existing
contracts;
(5) material
included with a contract when the contract is delivered and materials used in
the solicitation of contract renewals, extensions or reinstatements, except
those extensions or reinstatements provided for in the contract;
(6) lead card solicitations, defined as
communications distributed to the public which, regardless of form, content, or
stated purpose, are intended to result in the compilation or qualification of a
list containing names or other personal information regarding insureds who have
expressed a specific interest in obtaining assistance with having their claims
settled, and which are intended to be used to solicit residents of this state
for the execution of a contract for an insurance adjuster's services;
and
(7) any other communication
directly or indirectly related to an insurance adjuster contract, and intended
to result in the eventual execution of such a contract.
B. Exclusions: "Advertisement" does not include:
(1) communications or
materials used within an insurance adjuster's own organization, not used as
promotional aids and not disseminated to the public;
(2) communications with insureds other than
materials soliciting insureds to enter, renew, extend or reinstate a contract
for an insurance adjuster's services;
(3) correspondence between a prospective
insured and an adjuster in the course of negotiating a contract; and
(4) material used solely for the recruitment,
training, and education of an insurance adjuster's personnel and
subcontractors, provided it is not also used to induce the public to enter,
renew, extend or reinstate a contract for an insurance adjuster's
services.
C. Use of materials. An adjuster shall not disseminate or use any form of agreement, advertising, or other communication, regardless of format or medium, in this state that is harmful to the profession of insurance adjusting and that does not comply with Insurance Code or this section.
D. Requirements and prohibitions.
(1) Each advertisement by
a licensed adjuster soliciting or advertising business must display the
adjuster's name, address, and license number as they appear in the records of
the superintendent.
(2) A licensed
adjuster may not solicit or attempt to solicit a client for employment during
the progress of a loss-producing natural disaster occurrence.
(3) A licensed adjuster may not solicit or
attempt to solicit business, directly or indirectly, or act in any manner on a
bodily injury loss covered by a life, health, or accident insurance policy or
on any claim for which the client is not an insured under the insurance
policy.
(4) A licensed adjuster may
not use any letterhead, advertisement, or other printed material, or use any
other means, to represent that the adjuster is an instrumentality of the
federal government, of a state, or of a political subdivision of a
state.
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