Texas Insurance Code 463.252 – Impaired Domestic, Foreign, or Alien Insurer Not Paying Claims
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(a) This section applies only to a member insurer that:
(1) is an impaired domestic, foreign, or alien insurer; and
(2) is not timely paying claims.
(b) Subject to Subsection (d), the association shall:
(1) with respect to the insurer, take one or more actions that the association is authorized to take under Section 463.251 with respect to an impaired domestic insurer, subject to the conditions of that section; or
(2) provide substitute benefits instead of the insurer’s contractual obligations as provided by Subsection (c).
Terms Used In Texas Insurance Code 463.252
- Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
(c) A policy or contract owner, certificate holder, or enrollee who claims emergency or hardship may petition for substitute benefits under standards the association proposes and the commissioner approves. Substitute benefits are available only for a health claim, periodic annuity benefit payment, death benefit, supplemental benefit, or cash withdrawal.
(d) The association is required to take action under this section only if:
(1) the laws of the insurer’s state of domicile provide that, until all payments of or on account of the insurer’s contractual obligations are made by all guaranty associations and all expenses of the associations and interest on those payments and expenses have been repaid to the associations or a plan of repayment by the insurer has been approved by the associations:
(A) the delinquency proceeding may not be dismissed;
(B) the insurer and the insurer’s assets may not be returned to the control of the insurer’s shareholders or private management; and
(C) the insurer may not solicit or accept new business or have any suspended or revoked certificate of authority restored;
(2) the insurer is a domestic insurer that has been placed under an order of rehabilitation by a court in this state; or
(3) the insurer is a foreign or alien insurer and:
(A) the insurer has been prohibited from soliciting or accepting new business in this state;
(B) the insurer’s certificate of authority has been suspended or revoked in this state; and
(C) a petition for rehabilitation or liquidation has been filed in a court in the insurer’s state of domicile by the insurance official of that state.