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Texas Insurance Code - INS § 542A.001. Definitions

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

In this chapter:

(1) “Agent” means an employee, agent, representative, or adjuster who performs any act on behalf of an insurer.

(2) “Claim” means a first-party claim that:

(A) is made by an insured under an insurance policy providing coverage for real property or improvements to real property;

(B) must be paid by the insurer directly to the insured;  and

(C) arises from damage to or loss of covered property caused, wholly or partly, by forces of nature, including an earthquake or earth tremor, a wildfire, a flood, a tornado, lightning, a hurricane, hail, wind, a snowstorm, or a rainstorm.

(3) “Claimant” means a person making a claim.

(4) “Insurer” means a corporation, association, partnership, or individual, other than the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, engaged as a principal in the business of insurance and authorized or eligible to write property insurance in this state, including:

(A) an insurance company;

(B) a reciprocal or interinsurance exchange;

(C) a mutual insurance company;

(D) a capital stock insurance company;

(E) a county mutual insurance company;

(F) a farm mutual insurance company;

(G) a Lloyd's plan;

(H) an eligible surplus lines insurer;  or

(I) the FAIR Plan Association, unless a claim-related dispute resolution procedure is available to policyholders under Chapter 2211.

(5) “Person” means a corporation, association, partnership, or other legal entity or individual.

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