Mr. TYSON WILSONasked the Secretary to the Treasury whether the Insurance Commissioners can take any, and, if so, what action in the case of the representatives of an approved society making false representations to insured persons with the object either of inducing those persons to join the particular society or of dissuading them from transferring to another approved society; and whether, in the event of such cases being proved to the satisfaction of the Commissioners, action will be taken?
§ Mr. MASTERMANIf it is brought to the knowledge of the Insurance Commissioners that any representatives of an approved society have made false representations of the kind referred to by the hon. Member, immediate investigation will be made. As I stated in my reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Stafford on 19th June, I have received assurances from all societies which employ collectors and agents, that if any of their servants are proved to have made such representations in canvassing for members, they will be summarily dismissed.