Tex. Insurance Code § 557.005
This is the official text of Tex. Insurance Code § 557.005, part of Texas’s Insurance Code — regulates insurance companies and the policies they sell.
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§ 557.005. ACCRUAL OF INTEREST.
Official statutory text
(a) If a lender fails to provide notice as required by Section 557.002 or 557.003, interest begins to accrue on the date the lender received the insurance proceeds.
(b) If a lender fails to release insurance proceeds as required by Section 557.003, interest begins to accrue on the date the lender receives sufficient evidence of the insured's compliance with the requirements specified by the lender under Section 557.002 or 557.003 for release of the proceeds.
(c) Interest stops accruing on the date the lender complies with Section 557.002 or 557.003, as applicable.
(b) If a lender fails to release insurance proceeds as required by Section 557.003, interest begins to accrue on the date the lender receives sufficient evidence of the insured's compliance with the requirements specified by the lender under Section 557.002 or 557.003 for release of the proceeds.
(c) Interest stops accruing on the date the lender complies with Section 557.002 or 557.003, as applicable.
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