Section 542A.001 - Definitions In this chapter:
(1) "Agent" means an employee, agent, representative, or adjuster who performs any act on behalf of an insurer.(2) "Claim" means a first-party claim that:(A) is made by an insured under an insurance policy providing coverage for real property or improvements to real property;(B) must be paid by the insurer directly to the insured; and(C) arises from damage to or loss of covered property caused, wholly or partly, by forces of nature, including an earthquake or earth tremor, a wildfire, a flood, a tornado, lightning, a hurricane, hail, wind, a snowstorm, or a rainstorm.(3) "Claimant" means a person making a claim.(4) "Insurer" means a corporation, association, partnership, or individual, other than the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, engaged as a principal in the business of insurance and authorized or eligible to write property insurance in this state, including:(A) an insurance company;(B) a reciprocal or interinsurance exchange;(C) a mutual insurance company;(D) a capital stock insurance company;(E) a county mutual insurance company;(F) a farm mutual insurance company;(H) an eligible surplus lines insurer; or(I) the FAIR Plan Association, unless a claim-related dispute resolution procedure is available to policyholders under Chapter 2211.(5) "Person" means a corporation, association, partnership, or other legal entity or individual.Tex. Ins. Code § 542A.001
Added by Acts 2017, Texas Acts of the 85th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 151,Sec. 3, eff. 9/1/2017.