DEFINITION OF INSURER.
Tex. INS Code § 1550.051.
in effectIn this subchapter, "insurer" means:
(1) an insurance company, including a company providing stop-loss or excess loss insurance;
(2) a health maintenance organization operating under Section 1367.053 , Subchapter A , Chapter 1452 , Subchapter B, Chapter 1507 , Chapter 222 , 251 , or 258 , as applicable to a health maintenance organization, Chapter 843 , Chapter 1271 , and Chapter 1272 ;
(3) an approved nonprofit health corporation that holds a certificate of authority issued under Chapter 844 ; or
(4) a third-party administrator that holds a certificate of authority under Chapter 4151 .
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 730 (H.B. 2636 ), Sec. 1G.002, eff. April 1, 2009.