Texas Insurance Code
§ 556.104 — USE OF CUSTOMER INFORMATION
IN § 556.104Title 5. PROTECTION OF CONSUMER INTERESTS · Part C. DECEPTIVE, UNFAIR, AND PROHIBITED PRACTICES · Ch. 556. UNFAIR METHODS OF COMPETITION AND UNFAIR PRACTICES BY FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS · Art. C. REGULATION OF PRACTICES
Statute text
View on source(a)In this section:
(1)"Customer" means a person with an investment, security, deposit, trust, or credit relationship with a financial institution.
(2)"Nonpublic customer information" means information relating to an individual that is derived from a bank record, including information concerning insurance premiums, the terms and conditions of insurance coverage, insurance expirations, insurance claims, and insurance history of the individual. The term does not include a customer's name, address, or telephone number.
(b)A person may not use nonpublic customer information for the purpose of selling or soliciting the purchase of insurance, or provide nonpublic customer information to a third party for the purpose of another's selling or soliciting the purchase of insurance, unless:
(1)it is clearly and conspicuously disclosed that the nonpublic customer information may be used for that purpose; and
(2)the customer has been provided an opportunity to object before the time the information is used.
Legislative history
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 2, eff. April 1, 2005.