Texas Insurance Code

The Texas Insurance Code is the statutory law enacted by the Texas state legislature to create the Texas Department of Insurance, regulate insurers and insurance companies, types of insurance, and provide provisions for taxation.^[1] The original Title 1 of the act was the Insurance Code of 1951, most of which was repealed or re-designated. ^[1] The code was enacted in 1999 and was revised substantially throughout the early to mid 2000s as part of the ongoing revision process begun in 1963. ^[2]

Organization

Title 1: (No Title 1)
Title 2: Texas Department of Insurance
- Subtitle A: Administration of the Texas Department of Insurance
- Subtitle B: Discipline and Enforcement
- Subtitle C: Programs Effecting Multiple Lines of Insurance
Title 3: Department Funds, Fees, and Taxes
- Subtitle A: General Provisions
- Subtitle B: Insurance Premium Taxes
- Subtitle C: Insurance Maintenance Taxes
- Subtitle D: Title Insurance Maintenance Fees
- Subtitle E: Other Taxes
Title 4: Regulation of Solvency
- Subtitle A: General Provisions
- Subtitle B: Reserves and Investments
- Subtitle C: Delinquent Insurers
- Subtitle D: Guaranty Associations
- Subtitle E: Requirements of Other Jurisdictions
- Subtitle F: Reinsurance
Title 5: Protection of Consumer Interests
- Subtitle A: Public Insurance Counsel
- Subtitle B: Consumer Service Provisions
- Subtitle C: Deceptive, Unfair, and Prohibited Practices
- Subtitle D: Privacy
- Subtitle E: Premium Financing
- Subtitle F: Insurance Fraud and Identity Theft
- Subtitle G: Regulation of Insurer Market Conduct
Title 6: Organization of Insurers and Related Entities
- Subtitle A: General Provisions Applicable to Insurers and Related Entities
- Subtitle B: Organization of Related Entities
- Subtitle C: Life, Health, and Accident Insurers and Related Entities
- Subtitle D: Casualty Companies
- Subtitle E: Mutual and Fraternal Companies and Related Entities
- Subtitle F: Farm and County Mutual Insurance Companies
- Subtitle G: Lloyd's Plan and Reciprocal and Inter-insurance Exchanges
- Subtitle H: Other Entities
- Subtitle I: Surplus Lines Insurers; Companies Not Organized in Texas
Title 7: Life Insurance and Annuities
- Subtitle A: Life Insurance In General
- Subtitle B: Group Life Insurance
- Subtitle C: Specialized Coverages
Title 8: Health Insurance and Other Health Coverages
- Subtitle A: Health Coverage in General
- Subtitle B: Group Health Insurance
- Subtitle C: Managed Care
- Subtitle D: Provider Plans
- Subtitle E: Benefits Payable Under Health Coverages
- Subtitle F: Physicians and Health Care Providers
- Subtitle G: Health Coverage Availability
- Subtitle H: Health Benefits and Other Coverages for Governmental Employees
- Subtitle I: Specialized Coverages
- Subtitle J: Health Information Technology and Availability
- Subtitle K: Certain Benefits and Arrangements That Are Not Insurance
- Subtitle L: Qualified Health Plan Mandatory Disclosures
- Subtitle M: Federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
- Subtitle N: Rates
Title 9: Provisions Applicable to Life and Health Coverages
Title 10: Property and Casualty Insurance
- Subtitle A: General Provisions
- Subtitle B: Liability Insurance for Physicians and Health Care Providers
- Subtitle C: Automobile Insurance
- Subtitle D: Fire Insurance and Allied Lines, Including Residential Property Insurance
- Subtitle E: Workers' Compensation Insurance
- Subtitle F: Other Coverages
- Subtitle G: Pools, Groups, Plans, and Self-Insurance
- Subtitle H: Ratemaking in General
- Subtitle I: Policy Forms in General
Title 11: Title Insurance
- Subtitle A: General Provisions
- Subtitle B: Organization of Title Insurance Companies
- Subtitle C: Financial Solvency
- Subtitle D: Title Insurance Professionals
- Subtitle E: The Business of Title Insurance
- Subtitle F: Title Insurance for Certain Personal Property Interests
Title 12: Other Coverage
Title 13: Regulation of Professionals
- Subtitle A: General Provisions
- Subtitle B: Agents
- Subtitle C: Adjusters
- Subtitle D: Other Professionals
Title 14: Utilization Review and Independent Review
Title 15: Interstate Insurance Compacts
Title 20: Regulation of Other Occupations
Title 21: Discount Health Care Programs

Notable Titles, Chapters, and Statutes

References

^ ^a ^b LexisNexis. “Texas Statutes & Codes Annotated by LexisNexis.” Ohio. Matthew Bender & Company Inc. 2021.
^ "Legislative Reference Library | Legislation | Texas law timeline". lrl.texas.gov. Retrieved 2022-10-23.

[:0-1] LexisNexis. “Texas Statutes & Codes Annotated by LexisNexis.” Ohio. Matthew Bender & Company Inc. 2021.

[2] "Legislative Reference Library | Legislation | Texas law timeline". lrl.texas.gov. Retrieved 2022-10-23.

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