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NASD Notice to Members 96-86 - December 1996 |
NASD Regulation Reminds Members and Associated Persons that Sales of Variable Contracts are Subject to NASD Suitability RequirementsExecutive Summary
NASD Regulation, Inc. (NASD Regulation) reminds NASD® members and their associated persons who sell variable life insurance contracts and variable annuity contracts (Variable Contracts) of their obligations with respect to the suitability requirements of the NASD Conduct Rules. Variable Contracts are regulated as securities under federal securities laws and NASD rules. Members and their associated persons are reminded that the suitability requirements of NASD Conduct Rule 2310 (formerly Article III, Section 2 of the NASD Rules of Fair Practice) apply to the recommendation of any security, including a Variable Contract. Thus, a member and its associated persons must have reasonable grounds for believing that a Variable Contract recommended to a customer is suitable for that customer.
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