Sec. 4054.201. LICENSE ISSUANCE; EXCEPTION. (a) The department shall issue a license to an individual applicant to act as an agent who writes only life insurance policies in an amount that does not exceed $25,000 on any one life on receipt of certification from a stipulated premium company, a statewide mutual assessment company, a local mutual aid association, or a local mutual burial association, that the applicant has:
(1) completed a course of study and instruction in compliance with this subchapter; and
(2) passed without aid a written examination administered by the insurer.
(b) A license is not required under this subchapter for an agent who, in the preceding calendar year, wrote policies that generated, in the aggregate, less than $20,000 in direct premium.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 7, eff. April 1, 2005.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1309 (H.B. 2570), Sec. 9, eff. September 1, 2009.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 13 - Regulation of Professionals
Chapter 4054 - Life, Accident, and Health Agents
Subchapter E. Life Insurance Not
Section 4054.201. License Issuance; Exception
Section 4054.204. Investigation by Department
Section 4054.205. Withdrawal of Insurer's Authority
Section 4054.206. Limit on Agent's Authority