Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 565.004 - Construction Of Chapter(a) This chapter shall be construed and applied to promote the underlying purposes as provided by Section 565.001. (b) This chapter may not be construed or applied to require: (1) an insurer to write any line or type of business that the insurer does not write; or (2) a material change in the insurer's current business plans. (c) Nothing in this chapter is intended to create any type of private cause of action or independent basis in a civil or criminal proceeding. (d) Nothing in this chapter is intended to prohibit the use of information that is relevant and related to the risk being insured even if that information may also be used or considered in developing an environmental, social, or governance model, score, factor, or standard. Added by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 1144,Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2023, app. to an insurance policy that is delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed in this state on or after January 1, 2024.