The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
  (1) Agent--Any individual, partnership, or corporation which obtains from the Texas Department of Insurance a license or a certificate of authority to act as an agent under any of the provisions of Insurance Code Chapter 4001; as a health maintenance organization agent under Insurance Code Chapter 843, the Texas Health Maintenance Organization Act; or as an agent for a single health care service plan under Insurance Code §843.075.
  (2) Applicant--An individual, partnership, or corporation applying to do business as an agent.
  (3) Assumed name--Any name other than a true name.
  (4) Office--Any location regularly maintained as a place of business and operating as an insurance agency under the provisions of the Insurance Code applicable to this subchapter.
  (5) True name--Present legal name.

Source Note: The provisions of this §19.901 adopted to be effective October 6, 1987, 12 TexReg 3331; amended to be effective April 3, 1990, 15 TexReg 1589; amended to be effective April 26, 2021, 46 TexReg 2824