Massachusetts General Laws ch. 175 sec. 121 – Sale or purchase of securities in connection with contract of life or endowment insurance or annuity prohibited
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Section 121. No life company and no officer or agent thereof and no insurance broker shall make any contract of life or endowment insurance or any annuity or pure endowment contract or any agreement as to such contract other than as plainly expressed in the policy issued thereon; or give, sell or purchase, or offer to give, sell or purchase, as inducement to placing or negotiating any such contract or the continuance or renewal thereof or in connection therewith, any stocks, bonds or other securities of any company or other corporation, association or partnership, or any dividends or profits accrued thereon.
Terms Used In Massachusetts General Laws ch. 175 sec. 121
- Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
- Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.