Sec. 542A.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:
(1)  "Agent" means an employee, agent, representative, or adjuster who performs any act on behalf of an insurer.
(2)  "Claim" means a first-party claim that:
(A)  is made by an insured under an insurance policy providing coverage for real property or improvements to real property;
(B)  must be paid by the insurer directly to the insured; and
(C)  arises from damage to or loss of covered property caused, wholly or partly, by forces of nature, including an earthquake or earth tremor, a wildfire, a flood, a tornado, lightning, a hurricane, hail, wind, a snowstorm, or a rainstorm.
(3)  "Claimant" means a person making a claim.
(4)  "Insurer" means a corporation, association, partnership, or individual, other than the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, engaged as a principal in the business of insurance and authorized or eligible to write property insurance in this state, including:
(A)  an insurance company;
(B)  a reciprocal or interinsurance exchange;
(C)  a mutual insurance company;
(D)  a capital stock insurance company;
(E)  a county mutual insurance company;
(F)  a farm mutual insurance company;
(G)  a Lloyd's plan;
(H)  an eligible surplus lines insurer; or
(I)  the FAIR Plan Association, unless a claim-related dispute resolution procedure is available to policyholders under Chapter 2211.
(5)  "Person" means a corporation, association, partnership, or other legal entity or individual.
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 151 (H.B. 1774), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2017.