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Tex. Ins. Code § 542.008

COMPLAINTS AGAINST INSURERS; INVESTIGATION

Known as the Unfair Claim Settlement Practices Act

The act spans §§ 542.001 to 542.014 (14 sections).

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 2, eff

(a) The department shall establish a system for receiving and processing individual complaints alleging a violation of this subchapter by an insurer regardless of whether the insurer is required to file a periodic report under Section 542.006.

(b) The department shall investigate an insurer if the department determines that:

(1) based on the number and type of complaints against an insurer, the insurer does not meet the minimum standard of performance adopted under Section 542.007; or

(2) the number and type of complaints against the insurer are not proportionate to the number and type of complaints against other insurers writing similar lines of insurance.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.