{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-565.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 565.002","heading":"DEFINITION.","body":"In this chapter, \"insurer\" means an insurance company or other entity authorized to engage in the business of insurance in this state. The term includes:\n(1) a stock or mutual property and casualty insurance company;\n(2) a Lloyd's plan;\n(3) a reciprocal or interinsurance exchange;\n(4) a county mutual insurance company;\n(5) a farm mutual insurance company;\n(6) any insurer writing a line of insurance regulated by Title 10;\n(7) all life, health, and accident insurance companies regulated by the department, including:\n(A) a stock or mutual life, health, or accident insurance company;\n(B) a fraternal benefit society;\n(C) a nonprofit hospital, medical, or dental service corporation, including a group hospital service corporation operating under Chapter 842; and\n(D) a stipulated premium company; and\n(8) a health maintenance organization operating under Chapter 843.\nAdded by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1144 (S.B. 833), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.","path":["INSURANCE CODE","TITLE 5. PROTECTION OF CONSUMER INTERESTS","SUBTITLE C. DECEPTIVE, UNFAIR, AND PROHIBITED PRACTICES","CHAPTER 565. PROHIBITED RATING CRITERIA"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.565.htm#565.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"e777300007a621852e52e33933d94605fc0f1184c12861f8be5da63fc9ae1ace","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-565.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-565.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}