Tex. Insurance Code § 544.253
This is the official text of Tex. Insurance Code § 544.253, part of Texas’s Insurance Code — regulates insurance companies and the policies they sell.
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§ 544.253. PROHIBITION.
Official statutory text
An insurer writing insurance for a church may not cancel or decline to renew an insurance policy solely because of:
(1) an occurrence of arson against the church, if the religious organization that owns the church cooperated with police, fire, and other authorities in the investigation of the arson and in the prosecution of those responsible for the arson; or
(2) a verbal or written threat of arson against the church that was directed to the religious organization or an official of the religious organization and that the organization or official reported to the appropriate law enforcement agency within a reasonable amount of time.
(1) an occurrence of arson against the church, if the religious organization that owns the church cooperated with police, fire, and other authorities in the investigation of the arson and in the prosecution of those responsible for the arson; or
(2) a verbal or written threat of arson against the church that was directed to the religious organization or an official of the religious organization and that the organization or official reported to the appropriate law enforcement agency within a reasonable amount of time.
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