Tex. Ins. Code § 2602.255 · Subchapter F. COVERED CLAIMS
CLAIMS NOT COVERED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The following are not covered claims:
(1) an amount due a reinsurer, title insurance company, insurance pool, or underwriting association as a subrogation recovery or otherwise;
(2) a supplementary payment obligation incurred before a determination is made under this chapter that a title insurance company or agent is impaired, including:
(A) adjustment fees or expenses;
(B) attorney's fees or expenses;
(C) court costs;
(D) interest;
(E) enhanced damages, sought as a recovery against the insured, the impaired title insurance company or agent, or the association, that arise under Chapter 541 of this code or Subchapter E, Chapter 17, Business & Commerce Code, or a similar law of another state; and
(F) bond premiums;
(3) a shortage of trust funds or in an escrow account resulting from the insolvency of a financial institution;
(4) exemplary, extracontractual, or bad faith damages awarded against an insured or title insurance company by a court judgment;
(5) a claim under Section 2602.252 by a claimant who has a lien against the real property that was the subject of the transaction from which the claim arises, unless the lien is held to be invalid as a matter of law;
(6) a claim under Section 2602.251, 2602.252, or 2602.253 by a claimant who caused or substantially contributed to the claimant's loss by the claimant's action or omission, as determined by the association or the association's agent; and
(7) a claim filed with the association after the claim filing deadline for an impaired title insurance company or agent.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 6, eff. April 1, 2005.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 775 (H.B. 1614), Sec. 24, eff. September 1, 2019.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.2602.htm
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Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Business & Commerce Code
Insurance Code
- Tex. Ins. Code ch. 541UNFAIR METHODS OF COMPETITION AND UNFAIR OR DECEPTIVE ACTS OR PRACTICESPrinted as Chapter 541
- Tex. Ins. Code § 2602.251COVERED CLAIMS IN GENERAL.Printed as Section 2602.251, 2602.252, or 2602.253
- Tex. Ins. Code § 2602.252CLAIM AGAINST TRUST FUNDS OR ESCROW ACCOUNT.Printed as Section 2602.251, 2602.252, or 2602.253 | Section 2602.252
- Tex. Ins. Code § 2602.253CLAIM IN CONNECTION WITH FIDELITY OF AGENT.Printed as Section 2602.251, 2602.252, or 2602.253
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