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Tex. Ins. Code § 542.101

REQUEST BY NAMED INSURED UNDER LIABILITY INSURANCE POLICY

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

(a) In this section, "liability insurance" means:

(1) general liability insurance;

(2) professional liability insurance, including medical professional liability insurance;

(3) commercial automobile liability insurance; and

(4) the liability portion of commercial multiperil insurance.

(b) On written request of a named insured under a liability insurance policy, the insurer that wrote the policy shall provide to the insured information relating to the disposition of a claim filed under the policy. The information must include:

(1) the name of each claimant;

(2) details relating to:

(A) the amount paid on the claim;

(B) settlement of the claim; or

(C) judgment on the claim;

(3) details as to how the claim, settlement, or judgment is to be paid; and

(4) any other information required by rule of the commissioner that the commissioner considers necessary to adequately inform an insured with regard to any claim under a liability insurance policy.

(c) A request for information under this section must be transmitted to the insurer not later than six months after the date of disposition of the claim.

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