Sec. 2602.257.  EXHAUSTION OF OTHER RIGHTS REQUIRED.  (a)  A person having a covered claim that is also a claim against a title insurance company under law or under an insurance policy other than a policy of an impaired title insurance company must exhaust the person's rights under law or the policy before asserting the covered claim under this chapter.
(b)  The amount payable on the covered claim is reduced by the amount of any recovery under law or the policy.
(c)  Notwithstanding any other provision, to avoid undue hardship to a claimant the association may authorize payment of a covered claim against an impaired agent without regard to the liability of any title insurance company or coverage under any insurance policy, subject to the approval of the receivership court or commissioner, as applicable.  On payment, the association is in all respects subrogated to the rights and claims of the claimant.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 6, eff. April 1, 2005.