Texas Insurance Code Title 13, Chapter 4054 - Life, Accident, And Health Agents
SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS
SUBCHAPTER B GENERAL LIFE, ACCIDENT, AND HEALTH LICENSE
- Texas Section 4054.001 - Applicability Of Chapter
(a) This chapter applies to each agent of an insurer authorized to provide life, accident, and health insurance coverage in this state. (b) This chapter...
- Texas Section 4054.051 - License Required
Except as provided by Subchapter G, a person is required to hold a general life, accident, and health license if the person acts as: (1)...
- Texas Section 4054.052 - Combination Life Insurance Agent
(a) In this section, a "combination company" means an insurer that writes weekly premium life insurance or monthly ordinary life insurance on a debit basis....
SUBCHAPTER C LIMITED LIFE, ACCIDENT, AND HEALTH LICENSE
- Texas Section 4054.053 - Authority To Write Additional Lines
A person who holds a general life, accident, and health license may, without obtaining an additional license, write the kinds of insurance contracts described by:...
- Texas Section 4054.101 - License Required
Except as provided by Section 4054.053, an agent is required to hold a limited life, accident, and health license if the agent writes: (1) a...
- Texas Section 4054.102 - Designation Of Kinds Of Insurance
A person who holds a limited life, accident, and health license may write only the kind of insurance designated on the license. Added by Acts...
SUBCHAPTER D FUNERAL PREARRANGEMENT LIFE INSURANCE LICENSE
- Texas Section 4054.103 - Temporary License
An applicant for a limited life, accident, and health license is eligible for a temporary license under Subchapter D, Chapter 4001. Added by Acts 2003,...
- Texas Section 4054.151 - Funeral Prearrangement Life Insurance Agent
A funeral prearrangement life insurance agent is a life insurance agent who, subject to the limitations of this subchapter, writes only life insurance policies and...
- Texas Section 4054.152 - License Issuance
The department shall issue a license to an individual applicant to act as a funeral prearrangement life insurance agent on receipt of certification from an...
- Texas Section 4054.153 - Course
(a) To be eligible to receive a license under this subchapter, an applicant must complete a course of study and instruction offered by an insurer...
- Texas Section 4054.154 - Examination
(a) The commissioner shall prescribe a uniform examination for applicants that fairly tests knowledge of the information contained in the course under Section 4054.153. (b)...
- Texas Section 4054.155 - Investigation By Department
The department may investigate as necessary the manner of instruction and the examination administered by an insurer under this subchapter. Added by Acts 2003, 78th...
- Texas Section 4054.156 - Withdrawal Of Insurer's Authority
The department may withdraw from an insurer the authority under this subchapter to offer instruction and administer an examination. Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg.,...
- Texas Section 4054.157 - Limit On Agent's Authority
Except as provided by Section 154.2021, Finance Code, a funeral prearrangement life insurance agent licensed under this subchapter may not write any coverage or combination...
- Texas Section 4054.158 - Revocation; Notification
(a) A license issued under this subchapter to act as an agent for an insurer is revoked if the license holder ceases to act as...
- Texas Section 4054.159 - Continuing Education Exemption
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, a funeral home employee or other person who holds a funeral prearrangement life insurance agent license and...
SUBCHAPTER E LIFE INSURANCE NOT
- Texas Section 4054.160 - Applicability Of Limited License Laws
Except as specifically provided by this subchapter, the provisions of this title that apply to the holder of a limited license apply to the holder...
- Texas Section 4054.201 - License Issuance; Exception
(a) The department shall issue a license to an individual applicant to act as an agent who writes only life insurance policies in an amount...
- Texas Section 4054.202 - Course
(a) To be eligible to receive a license under this subchapter, an applicant must complete a course of study and instruction offered by an insurer...
- Texas Section 4054.203 - Examination
(a) The commissioner shall prescribe a uniform examination for applicants that fairly tests knowledge of the information contained in the course provided under Section 4054.202....
- Texas Section 4054.204 - Investigation By Department
The department may investigate as necessary the manner of instruction and the examination administered by an insurer under this subchapter. Added by Acts 2003, 78th...
- Texas Section 4054.205 - Withdrawal Of Insurer's Authority
The department may withdraw from an insurer the authority under this subchapter to offer instruction and administer an examination. Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg.,...
- Texas Section 4054.206 - Limit On Agent's Authority
An insurance agent licensed under this subchapter may not write any coverage or combination of coverages with an initial guaranteed death benefit that exceeds $25,000...
- Texas Section 4054.207 - Continuing Education Exemption
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, a person who holds a license under this subchapter and who writes only life insurance policies and...
SUBCHAPTER F RENEWAL OR SERVICE COMMISSIONS TO AGENTS OF LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES DISCONTINUING BUSINESS IN STATE
- Texas Section 4054.208 - Applicability Of Limited License Laws
Except as specifically provided by this subchapter, the provisions of this title that apply to the holder of a limited license apply to the holder...
- Texas Section 4054.251 - Insurance Company Liability For Payment Of Commissions
A life insurance company that discontinues the business of issuing life insurance policies on the lives of residents of this state remains liable for the...
- Texas Section 4054.252 - Monthly And Quarterly Statements
(a) A life insurance company shall provide to each agent who may be entitled to receive renewal or service commissions from the company under Section...
SUBCHAPTER G LIFE AGENT
- Texas Section 4054.253 - Presumption In Lawsuit
In a suit against a life insurance company for the recovery of a renewal or service commission under this subchapter, a presumption exists that each...
- Texas Section 4054.301 - License Required
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a person is required to hold a life agent license if the person does not hold a general...
- Texas Section 4054.302 - Authority To Write Specified Coverages
A person who holds a license under this subchapter may write only insurance described by Sections 4054.301(a)-(d). Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch....
- Texas Section 4054.303 - Applicability Of Certain Requirements
Except as otherwise provided by this code, the provisions of this title that apply to the holder of a general life, accident, and health license...
SUBCHAPTER H SPECIALTY CERTIFICATION FOR AGENTS SERVING CERTAIN EMPLOYER GROUPS
- Texas Section 4054.304 - Fees
Section 4001.006 applies to all fees collected under this subchapter. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 548 (S.B. 1263), Sec. 1.02, eff. September...
- Texas Section 4054.351 - Certification Program
The department shall establish a voluntary specialty certification program for individuals who market small employer health benefit plans in accordance with Chapter 1501. Added by...
- Texas Section 4054.352 - Qualifications
(a) To be eligible to receive a specialty certification under this subchapter, an individual must: (1) hold a general life, accident, and health license under...
- Texas Section 4054.353 - Initial Training
(a) To be certified under this subchapter, an individual must first complete training in the law, including department rules, applicable to small employer health benefit...
- Texas Section 4054.354 - Renewal
To renew a specialty certification under this subchapter, the individual must complete five hours of continuing education applicable to small employer health benefit plans during...
- Texas Section 4054.355 - Satisfaction Of Continuing Education Requirements
Each hour of education completed in accordance with this subchapter to obtain or renew a specialty license may be used to satisfy an hour of...
- Texas Section 4054.356 - Offer Of Services To All Group Sizes
To hold a specialty certification under this subchapter, an individual must agree to market small employer health benefit plans to small employers that satisfy the...
- Texas Section 4054.357 - Advertising
An individual who holds a specialty certification may advertise, in the manner specified by department rule, that the individual is specially trained to serve small...
- Texas Section 4054.358 - List Maintained By Department; Website
The department shall maintain a list of all individuals who hold a specialty certification under this subchapter, together with the business address and phone number...
- Texas Section 4054.359 - Rules
The commissioner, in accordance with Section 36.001, may adopt rules as necessary to administer this subchapter. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1338...
Last modified: September 28, 2016