Texas Insurance Code Title 13, Chapter 4005 - Conduct, Disciplinary Actions, And Sanctions

SUBCHAPTER A AUTHORIZED CONDUCT

• Texas Section 4005.001 - Definition
  In this subchapter, "client" means: (1) an applicant for insurance coverage; or (2) an insured. Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 7,...
• Texas Section 4005.002 - Authorization To Obtain Certain Records Or Photographs
  (a) In connection with a client's application for insurance coverage or with the issuance of an insurance policy to a client, or on a client's...
• Texas Section 4005.003 - Fees
  (a) A general property and casualty agent or personal lines property and casualty agent may charge a client a fee to reimburse the agent for...

SUBCHAPTER B PROHIBITED CONDUCT

• Texas Section 4005.004 - Disclosure Of Compensation
  (a) In this section: (1) "Affiliate" has the meaning described by Section 823.003(a). (2) "Agent" means a person licensed under Chapter 4051, 4053, 4054, or...
• Texas Section 4005.051 - Applicability Of Subchapter
  This subchapter does not apply to a person who holds a license or certificate of authority issued under Title 11. Added by Acts 2003, 78th...
• Texas Section 4005.052 - Certain Conduct Prohibited After Revocation Of License
  A person whose insurance license has been revoked in this state or any other state may not: (1) solicit or otherwise engage in business under...
• Texas Section 4005.053 - Certain Payments Prohibited To Or From Person Not Holding License
  (a) An insurer or agent engaged in the business of insurance in this state may not pay to any person, directly or indirectly, and may...
• Texas Section 4005.054 - Receiving Additional Fee Prohibited
  A person who holds a license under this code and receives a commission or other consideration for services as an agent may not receive an...

SUBCHAPTER C DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS AND PROCEDURES; ENFORCEMENT

• Texas Section 4005.055 - Certain Coverage For Loss By Fire Prohibited
  A property and casualty agent may not knowingly grant, write, or permit a greater amount of insurance against loss by fire than the reasonable value...
• Texas Section 4005.101 - Grounds For License Denial Or Disciplinary Action
  (a) This section does not apply to a person who holds a license or certificate of authority issued under Title 11. (b) The department may...
• Texas Section 4005.102 - Remedies For Violation Of Insurance Laws Or Commissioner Rules
  In addition to any other remedy available under Chapter 82, for a violation of this code, another insurance law of this state, or a rule...
• Texas Section 4005.103 - Probated License Suspension
  If a license suspension is probated, the commissioner may require the license holder to: (1) report regularly to the department on any matter that is...
• Texas Section 4005.104 - Hearing
  (a) If the department proposes to deny an application for an original license or to suspend, revoke, or deny renewal of a license, the applicant...
• Texas Section 4005.105 - Application For License After Denial Of Application Or Revocation Of License
  (a) This section does not apply to a person who holds a license or certificate of authority issued under Title 11. (b) An individual whose...
• Texas Section 4005.106 - Application For License After Certain Determinations
  (a) In addition to any other penalty imposed under this code, a person who the department determines has engaged in conduct described by this section...
• Texas Section 4005.107 - Disciplinary Proceeding For Conduct Committed Before Surrender Or Forfeiture Of License
  (a) The department may institute a disciplinary proceeding against a former license holder for conduct committed before the effective date of a voluntary surrender or...
• Texas Section 4005.108 - Disability Probation
  (a) This section does not apply to a person who holds a license or certificate of authority issued under Title 11. (b) Instead of or...
• Texas Section 4005.109 - Fines
  (a) To expedite the department's processing of certain violations of this code, the commissioner by rule may establish fines for certain violations. (b) A violation...

SUBCHAPTER D CRIMINAL PENALTIES

• Texas Section 4005.110 - Enforcement Of Title
  The attorney general, a district or county attorney, or the department acting through the commissioner may bring a proceeding for an injunction or bring any...
• Texas Section 4005.151 - Acting As Agent After License Suspension Or Revocation; Criminal Penalty
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person acts as an agent after the person's agent license has been suspended or revoked. (b) An...
• Texas Section 4005.152 - Agent Assisting Or Conspiring With Person Whose License Has Been Suspended Or Revoked; Criminal Penalty
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person is an agent who holds a license under this code and the person assists or conspires...
• Texas Section 4005.153 - Embezzlement Or Conversion By Agent; Criminal Penalty
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person, as an agent for an insurer lawfully engaged in the business of insurance in this state,...

Last modified: September 28, 2016