Tex. Insurance Code § 463.404
This is the official text of Tex. Insurance Code § 463.404, part of Texas’s Insurance Code — regulates insurance companies and the policies they sell.
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§ 463.404. STAY OF PROCEEDINGS; CERTAIN DECISIONS NOT BINDING.
Official statutory text
(a) To permit the receiver or association to properly defend a pending cause of action, a proceeding in which an impaired insurer is a party or is obligated to defend a party in a court in this state, other than a proceeding directly related to the receivership or brought by the receiver, is stayed for:
(1) a six-month period beginning on the later of the date the insurer is designated as impaired or the date an ancillary proceeding is brought in this state; and
(2) any subsequent period as determined by the court.
(b) If a covered claim arises from a judgment, order, verdict, finding, or other decision based on the default of an impaired insurer or the insurer's failure to defend an insured, the association on the association's behalf or on behalf of the insured may apply to the court or administrator that made the decision to have the decision set aside and is entitled to defend the claim on the merits.
(1) a six-month period beginning on the later of the date the insurer is designated as impaired or the date an ancillary proceeding is brought in this state; and
(2) any subsequent period as determined by the court.
(b) If a covered claim arises from a judgment, order, verdict, finding, or other decision based on the default of an impaired insurer or the insurer's failure to defend an insured, the association on the association's behalf or on behalf of the insured may apply to the court or administrator that made the decision to have the decision set aside and is entitled to defend the claim on the merits.
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