Tex. Ins. Code § 705.003

Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.

Section 705.003 - Policy Provision: Misrepresentation in Proof of Loss or Death

(a) An insurance policy provision that states that a misrepresentation, including a false statement, made in a proof of loss or death makes the policy void or voidable:

(1) has no effect; and

(2) is not a defense in a suit brought on the policy.

(b) Subsection (a) does not apply if it is shown at trial that the misrepresentation:

(1) was fraudulently made;

(2) misrepresented a fact material to the question of the insurer's liability under the policy; and

(3) misled the insurer and caused the insurer to waive or lose a valid defense to the policy.

Tex. Ins. Code § 705.003

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 2, eff. 4/1/2005.