Since the NRA never held a valid insurance license, its marketing practices and messages violated the California Insurance Code. (Photo: Shutterstock)
The National Rifle Association has agreed to stop soliciting insurance without a license in California, and has made significant changes to its website and member communication materials to address allegations made in a cease and desist (C&D) order issued in 2018 by the California Department of Insurance (DOI).
"The NRA's agreement to not sell insurance coverage affirms they will no longer violate California law by soliciting and negotiating insurance without a license," the DOI's commissioner, Ricardo Lara, said in a statement. "Our laws are in place to protect consumers by ensuring that anyone offering insurance contracts has proper oversight by the Department of Insurance."
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Steven A. Meyerowitz
Steven A. Meyerowitz, a Harvard Law School graduate, is the founder and president of Meyerowitz Communications Inc., a law firm marketing communications consulting company. He may be contacted at [email protected].
