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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
On filing notice of its intent with the department, an insurance company engaged in the business of insurance in this state under an appropriate certificate of authority may:
(1) insure houses, buildings, and other property against loss or damage by fire;
(2) insure goods, merchandise, and other property in the course of transportation by land or water, or vessels afloat, regardless of their location;
(3) insure motor vehicles, whether stationary or being operated under the motor vehicle's own power, against loss or damage by fire, lightning, windstorm, hail storm, tornado, cyclone, explosion, transportation by land or water, theft, and collision;
(4) lend money on bottomry or respondentia;
(5) obtain insurance against:
(A) any loss or risk the company has incurred in the course of its business; and
(B) any loss or risk on an interest that the company has in property because of a loan it has made on bottomry or respondentia; and
(6) take any action proper to promote an activity described by this section.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Texas Insurance Code - INS § 862.051. Kinds of Insurance Authorized - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/tx/insurance-code/ins-sect-862-051/
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