The following words and terms, as used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance.
"Department" means the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance.
"Insurance producer" means a person licensed to sell, solicit, or negotiate insurance pursuant to N.J.S.A. 17:22A-26 et seq.
"Insurer" means any corporation, association, partnership, reciprocal exchange, interinsurer, Lloyd's insurer, fraternal benefit society or other person authorized to engage in the business of insurance in this State.
"Life insurance" is as defined in N.J.A.C. 11:4-40.2.
"Negotiate" means the act of conferring directly with or offering advice directly to a consumer as the purchaser or prospective purchaser of a particular life insurance policy concerning any of the substantive benefits, terms or conditions of the life insurance policy, provided that the person engaged in that act either: sells life insurance or obtains life insurance from insurers for purchasers.
"Sell" means to exchange a life insurance policy by any means, for money or its equivalent, on behalf of an insurer.
"Solicit" means attempting to sell a life insurance policy or asking or urging a consumer to apply for a particular life insurance policy from a particular insurer.
N.J. Admin. Code § 11:4-60.2