Tex. Insurance Code § 493.002
This is the official text of Tex. Insurance Code § 493.002, part of Texas’s Insurance Code — regulates insurance companies and the policies they sell.
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§ 493.002. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.
Official statutory text
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (a-1), this chapter applies to all insurers, including:
(1) a stock or mutual property and casualty insurance company;
(2) a Mexican casualty insurance company;
(3) a Lloyd's plan;
(4) a reciprocal or interinsurance exchange;
(5) a nonprofit legal service corporation;
(6) a county mutual insurance company;
(7) a farm mutual insurance company;
(8) a risk retention group;
(9) any insurer writing a line of insurance regulated by Title 10;
(10) all life, health, and accident insurance companies regulated by the department, including:
(A) a stock or mutual life, health, or accident insurance company;
(B) a fraternal benefit society; and
(C) a nonprofit hospital, medical, or dental service corporation, including a group hospital service corporation operating under Chapter 842; and
(11) a health maintenance organization operating under Chapter 843.
(a-1) A county mutual insurance company operating under Section 912.056(d) that does not directly or indirectly write or assume insurance in any manner in another state may not be allowed credit under Section 493.1033 for reinsurance ceded to a reinsurer qualifying under Sections 493.1033 and 493.1034 and is not subject to Section 493.1039. This subsection does not prohibit a county mutual insurance company described by this subsection from ceding reinsurance to reinsurers qualifying under Sections 493.1033 and 493.1034 under other provisions of this chapter.
(b) Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 594 (S.B. 1070), Sec. 2.12(2), eff. September 1, 2017.
(1) a stock or mutual property and casualty insurance company;
(2) a Mexican casualty insurance company;
(3) a Lloyd's plan;
(4) a reciprocal or interinsurance exchange;
(5) a nonprofit legal service corporation;
(6) a county mutual insurance company;
(7) a farm mutual insurance company;
(8) a risk retention group;
(9) any insurer writing a line of insurance regulated by Title 10;
(10) all life, health, and accident insurance companies regulated by the department, including:
(A) a stock or mutual life, health, or accident insurance company;
(B) a fraternal benefit society; and
(C) a nonprofit hospital, medical, or dental service corporation, including a group hospital service corporation operating under Chapter 842; and
(11) a health maintenance organization operating under Chapter 843.
(a-1) A county mutual insurance company operating under Section 912.056(d) that does not directly or indirectly write or assume insurance in any manner in another state may not be allowed credit under Section 493.1033 for reinsurance ceded to a reinsurer qualifying under Sections 493.1033 and 493.1034 and is not subject to Section 493.1039. This subsection does not prohibit a county mutual insurance company described by this subsection from ceding reinsurance to reinsurers qualifying under Sections 493.1033 and 493.1034 under other provisions of this chapter.
(b) Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 594 (S.B. 1070), Sec. 2.12(2), eff. September 1, 2017.
Status: repealed · Read it on the official government site
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