Texas Insurance Code 562.157 – Determination of Violation
Terms Used In Texas Insurance Code 562.157
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
After a hearing under this subchapter to determine whether a person has engaged in an unfair method of competition or unfair or deceptive act or practice prohibited by this chapter, the department shall determine whether:
(1) the method of competition or the act or practice considered in the hearing is defined as:
(A) an unfair method of competition or deceptive act or practice under Subchapter B; or
(B) a false, misleading, or deceptive act or practice under § 17.46, Business & Commerce Code; and
(2) the person against whom the charges were made engaged in the method of competition or act or practice in violation of:
(A) this chapter; or
(B) Subchapter E, Chapter 17, Business & Commerce Code, as specified in § 17.46, Business & Commerce Code.