Tex. Ins. Code § 4001.052 · Subchapter B. ACTS CONSTITUTING ACTING AS AGENT; CONSEQUENCES OF AGENT'S ACTIONS
SOLICITOR OF APPLICATION FOR INSURANCE CONSIDERED AGENT OF INSURER.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person who solicits an application for life, accident, or health insurance or property or casualty insurance is considered the agent of the insurer issuing a policy on the application and not the agent of the insured in any controversy between the insurer and the insured, the insured's beneficiary, or the insured's dependents.
(b) The agent may not alter or waive a term or condition of the application or policy.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 7, 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.4001.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 96e399f3d0472ba9690065c63cc933401dcea5ab36a0e377579ed9f82b621d45
- Composed by
- 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
Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.