Tex. Ins. Code § 281.052 · Subchapter B. RETALIATORY PENALTIES OR OTHER OBLIGATIONS
IMPOSITION OF PENALTY OR OTHER OBLIGATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The Texas Department of Insurance shall impose a penalty or other obligation on a foreign insurer authorized to engage in the business of insurance in this state if:
(1) the insurance department or an insurance regulatory official of the foreign insurer's state of organization imposes a penalty or other obligation on any domestic insurer authorized to engage in the business of insurance in that state; and
(2) the penalty or other obligation is imposed because the Texas Department of Insurance did not:
(A) obtain or maintain accreditation certification or a similar form of approval, compliance, or acceptance from or as a member of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or a committee, task force, working group, or advisory committee of the association; or
(B) comply with a model act, regulation, report, or requirement of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or a committee, task force, working group, or advisory committee of the association, including a market conduct, financial examination, or annual financial statement.
(b) A penalty or other obligation imposed by the Texas Department of Insurance on a foreign insurer under this section must be the same as the penalty or other obligation imposed on the domestic insurer by the insurance department or regulatory official of the foreign insurer's state of organization.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 1, eff. April 1, 2005.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.281.htm
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