Sec. 4001.205. APPOINTMENT OF SUBAGENT; TERMINATION. (a) A general life, accident, and health agent, life insurance agent, general property and casualty agent, or personal lines property and casualty agent appointed by an insurer authorized to engage in the business of insurance in this state shall notify the department on a form prescribed by the department if the agent appoints a subagent. The notice must be accompanied by a nonrefundable fee in an amount set by the department.
(b) An insurer is not required to separately appoint a subagent who has been designated by an agent in a notice filed with the department under Subsection (a).
(c) An agent who terminates the appointment of a subagent for a reason other than for cause shall promptly report the termination to the department. The termination ends the subagent's authority to act for the agent or the insurer for whom the agent is acting.
(d) Section 4001.206 applies to the termination of the appointment of a subagent for cause.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 7, eff. April 1, 2005.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 548 (S.B. 1263), Sec. 2.18, eff. September 1, 2007.