Certain material and communication not deemed to be advertisement

For the purposes of this chapter, the term, advertisement, does not include: (1) Any material to be used solely for the training and education of an insurer's employees, representatives, or insurance producers; (2) Any material used in - house by insurers; (3) Any communications within an insurer's own organization not intended for dissemination to the public; (4) Any individual communications of a personal nature with current policyholders other than material urging such policyholders to increase or expand coverages; (5) Any correspondence between a prospective group or blanket policyholder and an insurer in the course of negotiating a group or blanket contract; (6) Any court - approved material ordered by a court to be disseminated to policyholders; or (7) Any general announcement from a group or blanket policyholder to eligible individuals on an employment or membership list that a contract or program has been written or arranged if the announcement clearly indicates that it is preliminary to the issuance of a booklet and the announcement does not describe the benefits under the contract or program or describe advantages as to the purchase of the contract or program. Source: SL 1999, ch 240 , § 4; SL 2000, ch 251 , § 5; SL 2001, ch 286 , § 213.