{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-542.057","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 542.057","heading":"PAYMENT OF CLAIM.","body":"(a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, if an insurer notifies a claimant under Section 542.056 that the insurer will pay a claim or part of a claim, the insurer shall pay the claim not later than the fifth business day after the date notice is made.\n(b) If payment of the claim or part of the claim is conditioned on the performance of an act by the claimant, the insurer shall pay the claim not later than the fifth business day after the date the act is performed.\n(c) If the insurer is an eligible surplus lines insurer, the insurer shall pay the claim not later than the 20th business day after the notice or the date the act is performed, as applicable.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 2, eff. April 1, 2005.","path":["INSURANCE CODE","TITLE 5. PROTECTION OF CONSUMER INTERESTS","SUBTITLE C. DECEPTIVE, UNFAIR, AND PROHIBITED PRACTICES","CHAPTER 542. PROCESSING AND SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS","SUBCHAPTER B. PROMPT PAYMENT OF CLAIMS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.542.htm#542.057","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"99bee9bfee8c10c7fa13ca7b9b5adf22e27ee2e2ffdce557c3a34362cffc21e6","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-542.056","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-542.058"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}