Tex. Insurance Code § 1251.051
This is the official text of Tex. Insurance Code § 1251.051, part of Texas’s Insurance Code — regulates insurance companies and the policies they sell.
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§ 1251.051. EMPLOYERS.
Official statutory text
(a) For purposes of this section, "employee" includes:
(1) an officer, manager, or employee of the employer;
(2) an individual proprietor or partner, if the employer is an individual proprietorship or partnership;
(3) an officer, manager, or employee of a subsidiary or affiliated corporation; and
(4) an individual proprietor, partner, or employee of an individual or firm, if the business of the employer and the individual or firm is under common control through stock ownership, contract, or otherwise.
(b) A policy issued to insure employees of a public body may provide that the term "employee" includes an elected or appointed officer of the body.
(c) A policy issued to the trustees of a fund established by an employer may provide that the term "employee" includes a trustee, an employee of the trustees, or both, if the person's duties are principally connected with the trusteeship.
(d) A group accident and health insurance policy may be issued to an employer or trustees of a fund established by an employer to insure the employer's active and retired employees for the benefit of persons other than the employer.
(e) The employer or the trustees of a fund established by an employer are the policyholder under a policy to which this section applies.
(1) an officer, manager, or employee of the employer;
(2) an individual proprietor or partner, if the employer is an individual proprietorship or partnership;
(3) an officer, manager, or employee of a subsidiary or affiliated corporation; and
(4) an individual proprietor, partner, or employee of an individual or firm, if the business of the employer and the individual or firm is under common control through stock ownership, contract, or otherwise.
(b) A policy issued to insure employees of a public body may provide that the term "employee" includes an elected or appointed officer of the body.
(c) A policy issued to the trustees of a fund established by an employer may provide that the term "employee" includes a trustee, an employee of the trustees, or both, if the person's duties are principally connected with the trusteeship.
(d) A group accident and health insurance policy may be issued to an employer or trustees of a fund established by an employer to insure the employer's active and retired employees for the benefit of persons other than the employer.
(e) The employer or the trustees of a fund established by an employer are the policyholder under a policy to which this section applies.
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