Tex. Ins. Code § 34.004 · Chapter 34. IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY
IMMUNITY FOR USE OF ANNUAL STATEMENT INFORMATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person is not liable in a civil action, including an action for libel or slander, for collecting, reviewing, analyzing, disseminating, or reporting information collected from annual statements filed under Chapter 802 if the person is:
(1) the department, the commissioner, or an employee of the department;
(2) a member or employee of or delegate to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or an authorized committee, subcommittee, or task force of that association; or
(3) another person who is responsible for collecting, reviewing, analyzing, and disseminating information from filed annual statement convention blanks.
(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a person who acts with malice.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 101, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 730 (H.B. 2636), Sec. 2B.001, eff. April 1, 2009.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.34.htm
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