Tex. Ins. Code § 1806.155 · Subchapter D. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO FIRE INSURANCE AND ALLIED LINES
INSURER LIABILITY ON POLICY ISSUED WITHOUT AUTHORITY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) If an insurer or an insurer's agent issues an insurance policy without authority and the policyholder sustains a loss or damage covered under the policy, the insurer is liable to the policyholder under the policy in the same manner and to the same extent as if the insurer had been authorized to issue the policy, although the policy was issued in violation of this code.
(b) This section may not be construed to give an insurer the authority to issue an insurance policy or contract other than as provided by this code.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 727 (H.B. 2017), Sec. 2, eff. April 1, 2007.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.1806.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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