Tex. Insurance Code § 101.202
This is the official text of Tex. Insurance Code § 101.202, part of Texas’s Insurance Code — regulates insurance companies and the policies they sell.
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§ 101.202. ATTORNEY'S FEES.
Official statutory text
(a) In an action against an unauthorized insurer or unauthorized person on a contract, agreement, or arrangement of insurance issued or delivered in this state to a resident of this state or to a corporation authorized to do business in this state, the court may award to the plaintiff a reasonable attorney's fee if:
(1) the insurer or person failed, for at least 30 days after a demand made before the commencement of the action, to make payment under the terms of the contract, agreement, or arrangement; and
(2) the failure to make the payment was vexatious and without reasonable cause.
(b) An unauthorized insurer's or person's failure to defend an action described by Subsection (a) is prima facie evidence that the failure to make payment was vexatious and without reasonable cause.
(1) the insurer or person failed, for at least 30 days after a demand made before the commencement of the action, to make payment under the terms of the contract, agreement, or arrangement; and
(2) the failure to make the payment was vexatious and without reasonable cause.
(b) An unauthorized insurer's or person's failure to defend an action described by Subsection (a) is prima facie evidence that the failure to make payment was vexatious and without reasonable cause.
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