New Hampshire Revised Statutes 405:44-a – Consultants; Producer; License Required
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I. No person, corporation, partnership or association shall engage in any of the following acts without holding a valid producer license pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. Chapter 402-J and complying with the provisions of N.H. Rev. Stat. § 405:44-a through N.H. Rev. Stat. § 405:44-g:
(a) Place on any advertisements, cards, signs, circulars or letterheads, or elsewhere, or in any other way or manner by which public announcements are made, use the title “insurance consultant,” “insurance adviser,” “insurance specialist,” “insurance counselor,” “insurance analyst,” “policyholders’ advisor,” “policyholders’ counselor,” or any other similar title, or any title, word or combination of words indicating that the person, corporation, partnership or association gives, or is engaged in the business of giving, advice, counsel, recommendation or information to holders of policies of insurance or annuity or pure endowment contracts; or
(b) For a fee received or to be received, offer to examine, or examine or aid in examining, any policy of insurance for any annuity or pure endowment contract for the purpose of giving, or give or offer to give, any advice, counsel, recommendation or information in respect to the terms, conditions, benefits, coverage or premium of any such policy or contract, or in respect to the expediency or advisability of altering, changing, exchanging, converting, replacing, surrendering, continuing, renewing or rejecting any such policy or contract, or of accepting or procuring any such policy or contract from any company.
II. The term “fee” as used in this section means compensation paid by a person served by any person required to be licensed under RSA 402-J. Fee shall not be construed to mean the commission paid to a licensed insurance producer by an insurer.
(a) Place on any advertisements, cards, signs, circulars or letterheads, or elsewhere, or in any other way or manner by which public announcements are made, use the title “insurance consultant,” “insurance adviser,” “insurance specialist,” “insurance counselor,” “insurance analyst,” “policyholders’ advisor,” “policyholders’ counselor,” or any other similar title, or any title, word or combination of words indicating that the person, corporation, partnership or association gives, or is engaged in the business of giving, advice, counsel, recommendation or information to holders of policies of insurance or annuity or pure endowment contracts; or
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 405:44-a
- 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.
- 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.
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of these laws, shall mean the section next preceding or following that in which such reference is made, unless some other is expressly designated. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:13
- 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.
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
(b) For a fee received or to be received, offer to examine, or examine or aid in examining, any policy of insurance for any annuity or pure endowment contract for the purpose of giving, or give or offer to give, any advice, counsel, recommendation or information in respect to the terms, conditions, benefits, coverage or premium of any such policy or contract, or in respect to the expediency or advisability of altering, changing, exchanging, converting, replacing, surrendering, continuing, renewing or rejecting any such policy or contract, or of accepting or procuring any such policy or contract from any company.
II. The term “fee” as used in this section means compensation paid by a person served by any person required to be licensed under RSA 402-J. Fee shall not be construed to mean the commission paid to a licensed insurance producer by an insurer.