Texas Insurance Code

§ 553.003 — VIOLATION BY INSURER

IN § 553.003Title 5. PROTECTION OF CONSUMER INTERESTS · Part C. DECEPTIVE, UNFAIR, AND PROHIBITED PRACTICES · Ch. 553. ENFORCEMENT OF INSURANCE POLICIES REGARDING HOLOCAUST VICTIMS

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An insurer violates this chapter if the insurer fails to comply with a claim brought under this chapter by:

(1)denying the claim on the grounds that the claim is not timely; or

(2)asserting a statute of limitations defense in an action brought under Section 553.002.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 2, eff. April 1, 2005.