No person may make, publish, disseminate, circulate, or place before the public or cause, directly or indirectly, to be made, published, disseminated, circulated, or placed before the public, in a newspaper, magazine, or other publication, in the form of a notice, circular, pamphlet, letter, or poster, or over any radio station, television, or in any other way, an advertisement, announcement, or statement containing an assertion, representation, or statement with respect to the business of insurance or with respect to any person in the conduct of his insurance business which is untrue, deceptive, or misleading.
S.C. Code Ann. § 38-57-50
False information or advertising as to insurance business prohibited
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Adamson v. Richland County School District One (1998)
Most recently applied in Adamson v. Richland County School District One (May 1998)
Former 1976 Code SECTION 38-57-50 [1947 (45) 322; 1952 Code SECTION 37-1155; 1962 Code SECTION 37-1155; 1978 Act No. 585 SECTION 5] recodified as SECTION 23-9-350 by 1987 Act No…
Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.