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Under California Insurance Code Section 10509.913, a "recommendation" in the annuity context is defined as:
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Why A is correct
Section 10509.913(g) defines a recommendation as advice or guidance provided by an insurance producer or insurer to an individual consumer that results in a purchase, exchange, or replacement of an annuity in accordance with that advice. The definition triggers the suitability obligations: when a producer makes a recommendation, the suitability information requirements and the standard for making suitable recommendations apply.
Why the other options are wrong
- B) Discussing annuities in a seminar is education unless the advice actually leads to a transaction.
- C) A monitoring review of an existing contract is not itself a recommendation unless it results in a purchase, exchange, or replacement.
- D) Providing a copy of a suitability form is a disclosure, not a recommendation.
Memory hook
Recommendation = advice that moves the consumer to buy, exchange, or replace an annuity. Talk alone is not a sale.