Tex. Insurance Code § 542.053
This is the official text of Tex. Insurance Code § 542.053, part of Texas’s Insurance Code — regulates insurance companies and the policies they sell.
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§ 542.053. EXCEPTION.
Official statutory text
(a) This subchapter does not apply to:
(1) workers' compensation insurance;
(2) mortgage guaranty insurance;
(3) title insurance;
(4) fidelity, surety, or guaranty bonds;
(5) marine insurance as defined by Section 1807.001; or
(6) a guaranty association created and operating under Chapter 2602.
(b) A guaranty association operating under Chapter 462 or 463 is not subject to the damage provisions of Section 542.060.
(c) This subchapter does not apply to a health maintenance organization except as provided by Section 1271.005(c).
(d) This subchapter does not apply to a claim governed by Subchapter C, Chapter 1301.
(1) workers' compensation insurance;
(2) mortgage guaranty insurance;
(3) title insurance;
(4) fidelity, surety, or guaranty bonds;
(5) marine insurance as defined by Section 1807.001; or
(6) a guaranty association created and operating under Chapter 2602.
(b) A guaranty association operating under Chapter 462 or 463 is not subject to the damage provisions of Section 542.060.
(c) This subchapter does not apply to a health maintenance organization except as provided by Section 1271.005(c).
(d) This subchapter does not apply to a claim governed by Subchapter C, Chapter 1301.
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