Regulation
Twisting
Using misrepresentation to induce a policyholder to replace one policy with another, to their detriment.
Twisting is a prohibited unfair trade practice. Churning is a related practice where the replacement uses values from the same insurer's existing policy. Both expose the consumer to new contestable periods and surrender charges.
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