Texas Insurance Code

§ 34.003 — IMMUNITY FOR INVESTIGATIONS AND RELATED REPORTS

IN § 34.003Title 2. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE · Part A. ADMINISTRATION OF THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE · Ch. 34. IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY

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(a)A person who is the commissioner or an employee, agent, or designee of the department is not liable in a civil action, including an action for libel or slander, because of:

(1)an investigation of a violation of this code or an alleged fraudulent insurance act; or

(2)the publication or dissemination of an official report related to the investigation.

(b)Subsection (a) does not apply to a person who acts with malice.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 101, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.