Tex. Insurance Code § 962.051
This is the official text of Tex. Insurance Code § 962.051, part of Texas’s Insurance Code — regulates insurance companies and the policies they sell.
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§ 962.051. QUALIFICATIONS FOR CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY.
Official statutory text
An insurer may not be issued a certificate of authority to operate under this chapter unless:
(1) it or a predecessor was writing the insurance coverages authorized by Section 962.101 on or before January 1, 1920, in at least one state; and
(2) it had policyholders in this state on August 29, 1983, and provides proof of that fact to the department.
(1) it or a predecessor was writing the insurance coverages authorized by Section 962.101 on or before January 1, 1920, in at least one state; and
(2) it had policyholders in this state on August 29, 1983, and provides proof of that fact to the department.
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