Texas Insurance Code 804.103 – Authorized Alien or Foreign Company
(a) In this section, “company” means:
(1) an insurance company, including a:
(A) fire, casualty, or fire and casualty insurance company;
(B) fraternal benefit society;
(C) life insurance company, including a mutual or nonprofit life insurance company;
(D) Lloyd’s plan;
(E) Mexican casualty insurance company;
(F) mutual fire, mutual casualty, or mutual fire and casualty insurance company;
(G) reciprocal exchange;
(H) risk retention group; and
(I) title insurance company;
(2) a health maintenance organization; and
(3) any other insurance company, regardless of its type or category, authorized to engage in the business of insurance in this state.
(b) As a condition to being issued a certificate of authority to engage in the business of insurance in this state, an alien or foreign company must appoint a person in this state as agent for service of process on whom any process to be served on the company may be served.
Terms Used In Texas Insurance Code 804.103
- 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
- Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
(c) The commissioner is an alien or foreign company’s agent on whom process may be served as provided by Subchapter C if the:
(1) company fails to appoint or maintain an agent under Subsection (b);
(2) agent appointed under Subsection (b) cannot with reasonable diligence be found; or
(3) company’s certificate of authority is revoked.