(a) A person may not make, issue, circulate, broadcast, or have made, issued, circulated, or broadcast an estimate, circular, statement, illustration, comparison, assertion, or other written, electronic, or oral presentation that
(1) misrepresents the benefits, advantages, conditions, sponsorship, source, or terms of an insurance policy or a health discount plan;
(2) misrepresents the dividends or share of the surplus to be received on an insurance policy;
(3) misrepresents an insurance policy as being a share or shares of stock;
(4) makes a false or misleading statement as to the dividends or shares of the surplus previously paid on an insurance policy;
(5) misrepresents or makes a misleading statement as to the financial condition of an insurer or as to the legal reserve system upon which a life insurer operates;
(6) uses a name or title of an insurance policy or class of insurance policies misrepresenting its true nature;
(7) is a misrepresentation for the purpose of inducing, or that tends to induce the lapse, forfeiture, exchange, conversion, or surrender of an insurance policy;
(8) is a misrepresentation for the purpose of effecting or tending to effect a pledge or assignment of or loan against an insurance policy;
(9) appears to be an actual policy for a named individual when it is merely an advertisement;
(10) does not clearly designate the name of the insurer providing the coverage or about which the statements are made;
(11) is in any other way misleading, false, or deceptive;
(12) misrepresents a health discount plan as a form or type of insurance;
(13) describes a health discount plan using common insurance terminology; or
(14) misrepresents that a health discount plan is underwritten by or associated with an insurer.
(b) In this section, “misrepresentation” includes any statement or omission of a statement that when taken in the context of the whole presentation may tend to mislead or deceive the person or persons addressed.
Structure Alaska Statutes
Chapter 36. Trade Practices and Frauds
Article 1. Trade Practices in General.
Sec. 21.36.020. Unfair methods, deceptive acts prohibited.
Sec. 21.36.025. Unfair marketing practices prohibited.
Sec. 21.36.030. Misrepresentation and false advertising of insurance policies.
Sec. 21.36.040. False information, advertising.
Sec. 21.36.050. Twisting prohibited.
Sec. 21.36.060. False or misleading financial statements.
Sec. 21.36.080. Boycott, coercion, and intimidation.
Sec. 21.36.090. Unfair discrimination.
Sec. 21.36.096. Prohibited denial of claim for causation.
Sec. 21.36.110. Exceptions to discrimination and rebates.
Sec. 21.36.120. Unfair discrimination and rebates prohibited in property and casualty insurance.
Sec. 21.36.125. Unfair claim settlement practices.
Sec. 21.36.130. Stock operations and advisory board contracts.
Sec. 21.36.160. Right of debtor or borrower to select insurance producer and insurer.
Sec. 21.36.170. Interlocking ownership, management.
Sec. 21.36.185. Maintenance of complaint handling records.
Sec. 21.36.190. Fictitious groups.
Sec. 21.36.195. Surplus lines brokers and insurance producers; prohibited acts.