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Texas Insurance Code - INS § 443.010. Cooperation of Officers, Owners, and Employees

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) Any present or former officer, manager, director, trustee, owner, employee, or agent of any insurer, or any other persons with authority over or in charge of any segment of the insurer's affairs, shall cooperate with the commissioner or receiver in any proceeding under this chapter or any investigation preliminary to the proceeding.  For purposes of this section:

(1) “person” includes any person who exercises control directly or indirectly over activities of the insurer through any holding company or other affiliate of the insurer;  and

(2) “cooperate” includes:

(A) replying promptly in writing to any inquiry from the commissioner or receiver requesting the reply;  and

(B) promptly making available to the commissioner or receiver any books, accounts, documents, or other records or information or property of or pertaining to the insurer and in the person's possession, custody, or control.

(b) A person may not obstruct or interfere with the commissioner or receiver in the conduct of any delinquency proceeding or any preliminary or incidental investigation.

(c) This section may not be construed to abridge otherwise existing legal rights, including the right to resist a petition for liquidation or other delinquency proceedings, or other orders.

(d) Any person described by Subsection (a) who fails to cooperate with the commissioner or receiver, or any person who obstructs or interferes with the commissioner or receiver in the conduct of any delinquency proceeding or any preliminary or incidental investigation, or who violates any order validly issued under this chapter:

(1) commits an offense;  and

(2) is subject to the imposition by the commissioner of an administrative penalty not to exceed $10,000 and subject to the revocation or suspension of any licenses issued by the commissioner in accordance with Chapters 82 and 84.

(e) An offense under Subsection (d) is punishable by a fine not exceeding $10,000 or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both fine and imprisonment.

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