Texas Insurance Code 4001.157 – Obtaining Certain Commissions Prohibited
(a) A temporary license holder may not obtain a commission on a sale made to a person who has a family, employment, or business relationship with the temporary license holder.
(b) An agent, insurer, or health maintenance organization may not knowingly pay, directly or indirectly, to a temporary license holder, and a temporary license holder may not receive or accept, a commission on the sale of a contract of insurance or membership covering:
(1) the temporary license holder;
(2) a person related to the temporary license holder by consanguinity or affinity;
(3) a person who is or has been during the past six months the temporary license holder’s employer, either as an individual or as a member of a partnership, association, firm, or corporation; or
(4) a person who is or has been during the past six months an employee of the temporary license holder.
Terms Used In Texas Insurance Code 4001.157
- 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.
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005