{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1701.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 1701.003","heading":"APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER TO CERTAIN INSURERS.","body":"(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), this chapter applies to any insurer that uses a document described by Section 1701.002 in this state, including:\n(1) a life, accident, health, or casualty insurance company;\n(2) a mutual life insurance company;\n(3) a mutual insurance company other than a mutual life insurance company;\n(4) a mutual or natural premium life insurance company;\n(5) a general casualty company;\n(6) a Lloyd's plan;\n(7) a reciprocal or interinsurance exchange;\n(8) a fraternal benefit society; and\n(9) a group hospital service corporation.\n(b) This chapter does not apply to a society, company, or other insurer whose activities are by statute exempt from department control and that is entitled by statute to a certificate from the department showing that exempt status.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 5, eff. April 1, 2005.","path":["INSURANCE CODE","TITLE 9. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO LIFE INSURANCE, ANNUITY CONTRACTS, AND ACCIDENT AND HEALTH COVERAGES","CHAPTER 1701. POLICY FORMS","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.1701.htm#1701.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"85f3f9ec6952d3aec9b217fc6c8d0babcf44ad114e40b88525403d184df7d5cc","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1701.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1701.004"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}