Sec. 1109.055. STATE RESPONSIBILITY FOR PROCEEDS; INDEMNIFICATION OF COMPANY. (a) On the delivery of unclaimed proceeds under this chapter:

(1) the state assumes custody of the proceeds for the benefit of each person entitled to receive the proceeds and for the safekeeping of the proceeds; and

(2) the life insurance company is relieved of and held harmless by the state from any liability relating to the proceeds for a claim existing at the time of delivery of the proceeds to the comptroller or that arises or is made after delivery of the proceeds.

(b) A life insurance company that delivers proceeds to the comptroller under this chapter in good faith is relieved of liability relating to the proceeds to the extent of the value of the proceeds delivered for a claim existing at the time of delivery or that arises or is made after delivery.

(c) If a life insurance company delivers unclaimed proceeds to the comptroller under this chapter in good faith and, after delivery, a person claims the proceeds from the life insurance company or another state claims the proceeds under its laws relating to escheat or unclaimed property, the attorney general shall, on written notice of the claim, defend the life insurance company against the claim. The life insurance company shall be indemnified against liability on the claim from the unclaimed money received under Chapter 74, Property Code, or under any other statute requiring delivery of unclaimed property to the comptroller.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 2, eff. June 1, 2003.