Tex. Ins. Code § 701.051 · Subchapter B. REPORTING FRAUDULENT INSURANCE ACTS
DUTY TO REPORT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Not later than the 30th day after the date the person makes the determination or reasonably suspects that a fraudulent insurance act has been or is about to be committed in this state, the person:
(1) shall report the information in writing to the insurance fraud unit of the department, in the format prescribed by the fraud unit or by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners; and
(2) may also report the information to another authorized governmental agency.
(b) A report made to the insurance fraud unit constitutes notice to each other authorized governmental agency.
(c) A person who is a member of an organization primarily dedicated to the detection, investigation, and prosecution of insurance fraud fully complies with the person's obligations under Subsection (a) by authorizing the organization to report on the person's behalf information required to be reported under Subsection (a). The person retains any liability resulting from the failure of the organization to report in a manner that complies with Subsection (a).
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 2, eff. April 1, 2005.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1282 (H.B. 2388), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.
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.701.htm
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Cited by 4 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Ins. Code § 701.051. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Insurance Code
- Tex. Ins. Code § 701.052IMMUNITY FOR FURNISHING INFORMATION RELATING TO A FRAUDULENT INSURANCE ACT.Printed as Section 701.051(a) | Section 701.051(c)
- Tex. Ins. Code § 1111A.019MANDATORY REPORTING OF FRAUDULENT LIFE SETTLEMENT ACTS.Printed as Section 701.051
- Tex. Ins. Code § 1114.0541PROCESSING OF ANNUITY CONTRACT EXCHANGES.Printed as Section 701.051
- Tex. Ins. Code § 1114.0542PROCESSING OF SURRENDER REQUESTS FOR ANNUITY CONTRACTS.Printed as Section 701.051
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