Cal. INS § 10127.11

This is the official text of Cal. INS § 10127.11, part of California’s Insurance Code — regulates insurance companies and the insurance policies sold in California.

Not legal advice. This page reproduces the official text of a government statute for reference only. Laws change, and how a statute applies depends on your specific facts. For advice about your situation, consult a licensed attorney in your state.

Official statutory text

Every insurer and life agent offering for sale individual life insurance policies or individual annuity contracts that are initially delivered or issued for delivery to senior citizens in this state on and after January 1, 1995, with the use of nonpreprinted illustrations of nonguaranteed values shall disclose on those illustrations or on an attached cover sheet, in bold or underlined capitalized print, or in the form of a contrasting color sticker, bright highlighter pen, or in any manner that makes it more prominent than the surrounding material, with at least one-half inch space on all four sides, the following statement:

“THIS IS AN ILLUSTRATION ONLY. AN ILLUSTRATION IS NOT INTENDED TO PREDICT ACTUAL PERFORMANCE. INTEREST RATES, DIVIDENDS, OR VALUES THAT ARE SET FORTH IN THE ILLUSTRATION ARE NOT GUARANTEED, EXCEPT FOR THOSE ITEMS CLEARLY LABELED AS GUARANTEED.”

All preprinted policy illustrations shall contain this notice in 12-point bold print with at least one-half inch space on all four sides and shall be printed on the illustration form itself or on an attached cover sheet, or in the form of a contrasting color sticker placed on the front of the illustration. All preprinted illustrations containing nonguaranteed values shall show the columns of guaranteed values in bold print. All other columns used in the illustration shall be in standard print. “Values” as used here includes cash value, surrender value, and death benefit.

Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site

Need a lawyer in California?

Find a California lawyer
About this page: Statute text is reproduced from official government publishers via the Open US Law dataset (Vaquill AI, snapshot v2026.08, CC BY 4.0). Primary legislative text like this is public domain under the government-edicts doctrine (Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). We link every section back to its official source so you can verify it independently.