No insurance producer shall refuse to take an application from a policyholder or prospective policyholder for any reason based in whole or in part upon the race, color, creed, religion, sex, marital status or physical impairments of an applicant or policyholder, or for any arbitrary, capricious, or unfairly discriminatory reason, or for any reason which is contrary to Federal or State law. Nothing in this section shall prohibit an insurance producer from refusing to submit an application to an insurer where there exists a contractual arrangement with an insurer to perform underwriting pursuant to established and legally permissible written underwriting guidelines or acceptance criteria and the refusal is based on these guidelines or criteria.
N.J. Admin. Code § 11:17A-2.7
See: 34 N.J.R. 2286(a), 34 N.J.R. 2549(b), 34 N.J.R. 3839(a).
Deleted "or limited insurance representative" following "No insurance producer".
Amended by R.2011 d.027, effective 1/18/2011.
See: 42 N.J.R. 1470(a), 43 N.J.R. 189(b).
Inserted "or acceptance criteria" and "or criteria".