Texas Insurance Code 2210.571 – Definitions
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Terms Used In Texas Insurance Code 2210.571
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
In this subchapter:
(1) “Association policy” means a windstorm and hail insurance policy issued by the association.
(2) “Claim” means a request for payment under an association policy. The term also includes any other claim against the association, or an agent or representative of the association, relating to an insured loss, under any theory or cause of action of any kind, regardless of the theory under which the claim is asserted, the cause of action brought, or the type of damages sought.
(3) “Claimant” means a person who makes a claim.