Tex. Ins. Code § 1601.005 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
DEFINITION OF CARRIER.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this chapter, "carrier" means:
(1) an insurance company that is authorized by the department to provide under this code any of the types of insurance coverages, benefits, or services provided for in this chapter, and that:
(A) has an adequate surplus;
(B) has a successful operating history; and
(C) has had successful experience, as determined by the department, in providing and servicing any of the types of group coverage provided for in this chapter;
(2) a corporation operating under Chapter 842 that provides any of the types of coverage, benefits, or services provided for in this chapter and that:
(A) has a successful operating history; and
(B) has had successful experience, as determined by the department, in providing and servicing any of the types of group coverage provided for in this chapter; or
(3) any combination of carriers described by Subdivisions (1) and (2) on terms the system prescribes.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 3, eff. June 1, 2003.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.1601.htm
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