Tex. Ins. Code Section 565.002
Definition

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:

(1)

a stock or mutual property and casualty insurance company;

(2)

a Lloyd’s plan;

(3)

a reciprocal or interinsurance exchange;

(4)

a county mutual insurance company;

(5)

a farm mutual insurance company;

(6)

any insurer writing a line of insurance regulated by Title 10;

(7)

all life, health, and accident insurance companies regulated by the department, including:

(A)

a stock or mutual life, health, or accident insurance company;

(B)

a fraternal benefit society;

(C)

a nonprofit hospital, medical, or dental service corporation, including a group hospital service corporation operating under Chapter 842 (Group Hospital Service Corporations); and

(D)

a stipulated premium company; and

(8)

a health maintenance organization operating under Chapter 843 (Health Maintenance Organizations).
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1144 (S.B. 833), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.

Source: Section 565.002 — Definition, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.­565.­htm#565.­002 (accessed May 26, 2025).

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