No person shall make, issue, circulate, cause or knowingly allow to be made, issued or circulated, any estimate, illustration, circular, statement, sales presentation, omission, or comparison that:
1. Misrepresents the benefits, advantages, conditions or terms of any insurance policy;2. Misrepresents the dividends or share of the surplus to be received on any insurance policy;3. Makes any false or misleading statements as to the dividends or share of surplus previously paid on any insurance policy;4. Misrepresents or is misleading as to the financial condition of any person or the legal reserve system upon which any life insurer operates;5. Uses any name or title of any insurance policy or class of insurance policies that misrepresents the true nature of the policy or policies;6. Misrepresents any material fact for the purpose of inducing or tending to induce the lapse, forfeiture, exchange, conversion, replacement, or surrender of any insurance policy;7. Misrepresents any material fact for the purpose of effecting a pledge, assignment, or loan on any insurance policy; or8. Misrepresents any insurance policy as being a share of stock.Code 1950, § 38.1-52; 1952, c. 317, § 38.1-52.1; 1977, c. 529; 1978, c. 441; 1979, c. 324; 1980, c. 404; 1986, c. 562; 1990, c. 265.Amended by Acts 1990, § c. 265.Amended by Acts 1986, § c. 562.Amended by Acts 1980, § c. 404.Amended by Acts 1979, § c. 324.Amended by Acts 1978, § c. 441.Amended by Acts 1977, § c. 529.Amended by Acts 1952, § c. 317, § 38.1-52.1.