Tex. Ins. Code § 4054.051 · Subchapter B. GENERAL LIFE, ACCIDENT, AND HEALTH LICENSE
LICENSE REQUIRED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Except as provided by Subchapter G, a person is required to hold a general life, accident, and health license if the person acts as:
(1) an agent who represents a health maintenance organization;
(2) an industrial life insurance agent for an insurer that writes only weekly premium life insurance on a debit basis under Chapter 1151;
(3) an agent who writes life, accident, and health insurance for a life insurance company;
(4) an agent who writes only accident and health insurance;
(5) an agent who writes fixed or variable annuity contracts or variable life contracts;
(6) an agent who writes for a stipulated premium company:
(A) only life insurance in excess of $25,000 on any one life;
(B) only accident and health insurance; or
(C) both kinds of insurance described by Paragraphs (A) and (B);
(7) an agent who writes life, accident, and health insurance for any type of authorized life insurance company that is domiciled in this state, including a legal reserve life insurance company, and who represents the company:
(A) in a foreign country or territory; and
(B) on a United States military installation or with United States military personnel;
(8) an agent who writes life, accident, and health insurance for a fraternal benefit society except as provided by Section 885.352; or
(9) an agent who writes any other kind of insurance as required by the commissioner for the protection of the insurance consumers of this state.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 7, eff. April 1, 2005.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 548 (S.B. 1263), Sec. 2.27, eff. September 1, 2007.
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1309 (H.B. 2570), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2009.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.4054.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 a5155eea69447f58d159985340db2c2d97bbe31a079da80a54f7e40afc079ae5
- 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
This section cites
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.
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.