{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-541.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 541.002","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this chapter:\n(1) \"Knowingly\" means actual awareness of the falsity, unfairness, or deceptiveness of the act or practice on which a claim for damages under Subchapter D is based. Actual awareness may be inferred if objective manifestations indicate that a person acted with actual awareness.\n(2) \"Person\" means an individual, corporation, association, partnership, reciprocal or interinsurance exchange, Lloyd's plan, fraternal benefit society, or other legal entity engaged in the business of insurance, including an agent, broker, or adjuster.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 2, eff. April 1, 2005.\nAmended by:\nActs 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 355 (H.B. 4030), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2021.","path":["INSURANCE CODE","TITLE 5. PROTECTION OF CONSUMER INTERESTS","SUBTITLE C. DECEPTIVE, UNFAIR, AND PROHIBITED PRACTICES","CHAPTER 541. UNFAIR METHODS OF COMPETITION AND UNFAIR OR DECEPTIVE ACTS OR PRACTICES","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.541.htm#541.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"16d166ee48435abc3eaa640ffa82d3f1eb103308da0277b385b979bc3ed240b4","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-541.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-541.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}