As we read the bill it applies to a person that employs an individual to make a telephone solicitation. This appears to create an artificial line in the insurance industry that will cause serious problems. An individual insurance agent cannot have someone on his office staff make those phone calls. Some companies have agents as employees and those agents would be barred from making the calls, even though their competitor across the street is an independent agent and would be able to make the calls. It is clear the intent of the bill is to protect residential customers from bothersome calls.
Businesses conduct transactions every day, many over the telephone.
It is beyond the goal of the bill to require every business which makes a phone call to offer or sell a product or service to another business to register as a telephone solicitor under the bill. There are a number of ways to possibly speak to these concerns. An exemption if the caller does not intend to complete or obtain final acceptance of the sale during the telephone solicitation. We look forward to working with you and or your staff on this matter.