Tex. Insurance Code § 554.001
This is the official text of Tex. Insurance Code § 554.001, part of Texas’s Insurance Code — regulates insurance companies and the policies they sell.
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§ 554.001. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.
Official statutory text
This chapter applies to each insurer or health maintenance organization engaged in the business of insurance or the business of a health maintenance organization in this state, regardless of form and however organized, including:
(1) a stock life, health, or accident insurance company;
(2) a mutual life, health, or accident insurance company;
(3) a stock fire or casualty insurance company;
(4) a mutual fire or casualty insurance company;
(5) a Mexican casualty insurance company;
(6) a Lloyd's plan;
(7) a reciprocal or interinsurance exchange;
(8) a fraternal benefit society;
(9) a title insurance company;
(10) a stipulated premium company;
(11) a nonprofit legal services corporation;
(12) a statewide mutual assessment company;
(13) a local mutual aid association;
(14) a local mutual burial association;
(15) an association exempt under Section 887.102;
(16) a nonprofit hospital, medical, or dental service corporation, including a corporation subject to Chapter 842;
(17) a county mutual insurance company;
(18) a farm mutual insurance company; and
(19) an insurer or health maintenance organization engaged in the business of insurance or the business of a health maintenance organization in this state that does not hold a certificate of authority issued by the department or is not otherwise authorized to engage in business in this state.
(1) a stock life, health, or accident insurance company;
(2) a mutual life, health, or accident insurance company;
(3) a stock fire or casualty insurance company;
(4) a mutual fire or casualty insurance company;
(5) a Mexican casualty insurance company;
(6) a Lloyd's plan;
(7) a reciprocal or interinsurance exchange;
(8) a fraternal benefit society;
(9) a title insurance company;
(10) a stipulated premium company;
(11) a nonprofit legal services corporation;
(12) a statewide mutual assessment company;
(13) a local mutual aid association;
(14) a local mutual burial association;
(15) an association exempt under Section 887.102;
(16) a nonprofit hospital, medical, or dental service corporation, including a corporation subject to Chapter 842;
(17) a county mutual insurance company;
(18) a farm mutual insurance company; and
(19) an insurer or health maintenance organization engaged in the business of insurance or the business of a health maintenance organization in this state that does not hold a certificate of authority issued by the department or is not otherwise authorized to engage in business in this state.
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