Texas Administrative Code
Title 28 - INSURANCE
Part 1 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE
Chapter 21 - TRADE PRACTICES
Subchapter B - ADVERTISING, CERTAIN TRADE PRACTICES, AND SOLICITATION
Division 1 - INSURANCE ADVERTISING
Section 21.120 - Filing for Review
Current through Reg. 50, No. 13; March 28, 2025
(a) Any advertisement required to be submitted or submitted voluntarily by an insurer licensed to do business in Texas must be accompanied by a transmittal letter addressed to the Texas Department of Insurance, Life and Health Lines, MC-LH-LHL, P.O. Box 12030, Austin, Texas 78711-2030. The transmittal letter must contain the following information:
(b) All advertisements must be submitted in duplicate.
(c) Advertisements may be submitted in printers' proof or as "pasteups."
(d) An advertisement subject to requirements regarding filing of the advertisement with the department for review under the Insurance Code or Texas Administrative Code, Title 28, and that is the same as or substantially similar to an advertisement previously reviewed and accepted by the department, is not required to be filed for review. For the purposes of this subsection, "substantially similar" means the new advertisement does not introduce any substantive content not previously reviewed, nor does it eliminate any content satisfying required disclosures or that would render the advertisement noncompliant with § 21.112 of this title (relating to General Prohibition). A person or entity wishing to introduce a "substantially similar" advertisement must file a signed written statement with the department at the address identified in subsection (a) of this section. Such statement must identify or illustrate the changes to be introduced, and list the previously reviewed and accepted form(s) in which those changes would appear, including the form number(s) and the department's filing number(s) under which those forms were previously reviewed and accepted.
(e) The following rules require that advertisements be filed with the department for review at or prior to use: