West Virginia Code § 33-13C-12

Prohibited practices and conflicts of interest
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(a) With respect to any viatical settlement contract or insurance policy, no viatical
settlement broker knowingly shall solicit an offer from, effectuate a viatical settlement with
or make a sale to any viatical settlement provider, viatical settlement purchaser, financing
entity or related provider trust that is controlling, controlled by or under common control
with such viatical settlement broker. e
(b) With respect to any viatical settlement contract or insurance policy, no viatical
settlement provider knowingly may enter into a viatical settlement contract with a viator, if,
in connection with such viatical settlement contract, anything ofu value will be paid to a
viatical settlement broker that is controlling, controlled by or under common control with
such viatical settlement provider or the viatical settlement pturchaser, financing entity or
related provider trust that is involved in such viatical settlement contract.
(c) A violation of subsection (a) or (b) of this section shall be deemed a fraudulent viatical
settlement act. l
(d) No viatical settlement provider shall enter into a viatical settlement contract unless the
viatical settlement promotional, advertisinig and marketing materials, as may be prescribed
by rule, have been filed with the comgmissioner. In no event shall any marketing materials
expressly reference that the insurance is "free" for any period of time. The inclusion of any
reference in the marketing materials that would cause a viator to reasonably believe that the
insurance is free for any period of time shall be considered a violation of this article.
(e) No life insurance producer, insurance company, viatical settlement broker or viatical
settlement provider shall make any statement or representation to the applicant or
policyholder in connection with the sale or financing of a life insurance policy to the effect
that the insurance is free or without cost to the policyholder for any period of time unless
provided in the policy.

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