19 MAC Pt. 1, R. 16.10Disparaging
comparisons and Statements
Cite as 19 Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 1, R. 16.10Disparaging
comparisons and Statements
An advertisement shall not directly or indirectly make unfair or incomplete comparisons of
policies or benefits or comparisons of non-comparable policies of other insurers, and shall not
disparage competitors, their policies, services or business methods, and shall not disparage or
unfairly minimize competing methods of marketing insurance.
A. An advertisement shall not contain statements such as “no red tape” or “here is all you do
to receive benefits.”
B. Advertisements which state or imply that competing insurance coverages customarily
contain certain exceptions, reductions or limitations not contained in the advertised
policies are unacceptable unless such exceptions, reductions, or limitations are contained
in a substantial majority of such competing coverages.
C. Advertisements which state or imply that an insurer’s premiums are lower or that its loss
ratios are higher because its organizational structure differs from that of competing
insurers are unacceptable.