28 Tex. Admin. Code § 7.1403 - Service on Domestic Insurance Companies Licensed by the State Board of Insurance and on Related Entities Authorized to Conduct Business in Texas
(a) Person and place for service. Except as
provided by subsection (b) and subsection (c) of this section, a domestic
insurance carrier, including a casualty, county mutual, farm mutual, fire,
fraternal, life, Lloyd's, mutual other than life, reciprocal, stipulated
premium, or title insurance company, and any mutual assessment company, carrier
providing job protection insurance, risk retention group, third-party
administrators (in accordance with Insurance Code Chapter 4151), group hospital
service corporation, health maintenance organization, and exempt association
under Insurance Code §
887.102, authorized to
conduct the business of insurance in this state, and any other company
domiciled in Texas and engaged in the business of insurance as a principal, may
be served with legal process, notice, or demand required or permitted by law
by:
(1) serving the president, any active
vice-president, secretary, or attorney in fact at the office or principal place
of business of that carrier; or
(2)
leaving a copy of the process, notice, or demand at the home office or
principal business office of the carrier during regular business
hours.
(b) Article 1.28
exception. A domestic carrier and the controlling person of the affiliated
insurance holding company system that has moved its principal offices and any
portion of its books, records, and accounts outside this state under the
Insurance Code, Article 1.28, must have appointed the commissioner as their
attorney for service for all judicial and administrative processes, notices, or
demands.
(c) Domestic purchasing
group exception. A domestic purchasing group registered in Texas pursuant to
the Insurance Code, Article 21.54, must appoint the commissioner as its agent
for service of process and receipt of legal documents.
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