{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-443.254","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 443.254","heading":"CLAIMS UNDER OCCURRENCE POLICIES, SURETY BONDS, AND SURETY UNDERTAKINGS.","body":"(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 443.253, any insured has the right to file a claim for the protection afforded under the insured's policy, regardless of whether a claim is known at the time of filing, if the policy is an occurrence policy.\n(b) Subject to the provisions of Section 443.253, an obligee under a surety bond or surety undertaking has the right to file a claim for the protection afforded under the surety bond or surety undertaking issued by the insurer under which the obligee is the beneficiary, regardless of whether a claim is known at the time of filing.\n(c) After a claim is filed under Subsection (a) or (b), at the time that a specific claim is made by or against the insured or by the obligee, the insured or the obligee shall supplement the claim, and the receiver shall treat the claim as a contingent or unliquidated claim under Section 443.255.\nAmended by:\nActs 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 730 (H.B. 2636), Sec. 3B.004(cc), eff. September 1, 2007.\nRedesignated from Insurance Code - Not Codified, Art/Sec 21A.254 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 921 (H.B. 3167), Sec. 9.004(a)(1), eff. September 1, 2007.\nAmended by:\nActs 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 921 (H.B. 3167), Sec. 9.004(cc), eff. September 1, 2007.","path":["INSURANCE CODE","TITLE 4. REGULATION OF SOLVENCY","SUBTITLE C. DELINQUENT INSURERS","CHAPTER 443. INSURER RECEIVERSHIP ACT","SUBCHAPTER F. CLAIMS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.443.htm#443.254","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"74e1b7a2f49a477664952daa8a53f9683966df1c90379abac02274321e326914","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-443.253","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-443.255"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}