Tex. Insurance Code § 801.001
This is the official text of Tex. Insurance Code § 801.001, part of Texas’s Insurance Code — regulates insurance companies and the policies they sell.
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§ 801.001. DEFINITIONS.
Official statutory text
In this chapter:
(1) "Control" has the meaning described by Section 823. 005.
(2) "Insurer" means the issuer of an insurance policy that is issued to another in consideration of a premium and that insures against a loss that may be insured against under the law. The term includes a:
(A) fraternal benefit society;
(B) Lloyd's plan;
(C) mutual company of any kind, including a:
(i) statewide mutual assessment association;
(ii) local mutual aid association or burial association; and
(iii) county or farm mutual insurance company;
(D) reciprocal or interinsurance exchange;
(E) group hospital service corporation;
(F) health maintenance organization;
(G) nonprofit legal services corporation; and
(H) stock company.
(3) "Person" has the meaning assigned by Section 823.002.
(1) "Control" has the meaning described by Section 823. 005.
(2) "Insurer" means the issuer of an insurance policy that is issued to another in consideration of a premium and that insures against a loss that may be insured against under the law. The term includes a:
(A) fraternal benefit society;
(B) Lloyd's plan;
(C) mutual company of any kind, including a:
(i) statewide mutual assessment association;
(ii) local mutual aid association or burial association; and
(iii) county or farm mutual insurance company;
(D) reciprocal or interinsurance exchange;
(E) group hospital service corporation;
(F) health maintenance organization;
(G) nonprofit legal services corporation; and
(H) stock company.
(3) "Person" has the meaning assigned by Section 823.002.
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