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Tex. Ins. Code § 84.021 (2026)

Imposition Of Penalty

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Sec. 84.021. IMPOSITION OF PENALTY. The commissioner may impose an administrative penalty on a person licensed or regulated under this code or another insurance law of this state, including an unauthorized person as defined by Section 83.001, who violates:

(1) this code;

(2) another insurance law of this state; or

(3) a rule or order adopted under this code or another insurance law of this state.

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 101, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

Amended by:

Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 60 (S.B. 1809), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2021.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases, 2007–2015 · leading case: Texas Mut. Ins. Co. v. Ruttiger, 381 S.W.3d 430 (Tex. 2012).
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Texas Mut. Ins. Co. v. Ruttiger, 381 S.W.3d 430 (Tex. 2012). · cites it 2× “The Insurance Code allows for substantially similar administrative penalties against insurers operating outside of the workers’ compensation system, see Tex. Ins.Code § 84.021 (providing for the imposition of administrative penalties for violations of the insurance code and…”
Mid-Century Ins. Co. of Texas v. Ademaj, 243 S.W.3d 618 (Tex. 2007). · cites it 2× “Any insurer choosing to charge the fee to policyholders both within and outside of the Article 5.101 rate would be charging double that, which the commissioner permits and, as is the case for any type of impermissible double charging, *626 would be subject to administrative…”
LHR Enter., Inc. Task Servs., Inc. Bus. Staffing, Inc. Harry Sewill Rick Chapman & Transglobal Mortg., Inc. v. Mike Geeslin, in His Off. Capacity as Comm'r of Ins. for the State of Texas Texas Dep't of Ins. & State Off. of Admin. Hearings for the State of Texas (Tex. App. 2007). · cites it 2× “See Tex. Ins. Code Ann. § 84.021 (West Supp. 2006) (authorizing Commissioner to impose administrative penalties on individuals who are “licensed or regulated” under insurance code or another Texas insurance law).”
LHR Enter., Inc. Task Servs., Inc. Bus. Staffing, Inc. Harry Sewill Rick Chapman & Transglobal Mortg., Inc. v. Mike Geeslin, in His Off. Capacity as Comm'r of Ins. for the State of Texas Texas Dep't of Ins. & State Off. of Admin. Hearings for the State of Texas (Tex. App. 2007). · cites it 2× “See Tex. Ins. Code Ann. § 84.021 (West Supp. 2006) (authorizing Commissioner to impose administrative penalties on individuals who are "licensed or regulated" under insurance code or another Texas insurance law).”
Noah S. Bunker, Paul Carrell, Everett Brew Houston, Jr., W. Andrew Buchholz, Scott J. Leighty, Jad L. Davis, & Holly Clause v. Tracy D. Strandhagen (Tex. App. 2015). · cites it 2× “SeeTex. Ins.Code Ann. § 84.021 (West Supp.2006) (authorizing Commissioner to impose administrative penalties on individuals who are “licensed or regulated” under insurance code or another Texas insurance law).”
Jan Lubin, Gilberto Villanueva, Michael Paladino, Gerald Hooks & Lesly K. Hooks v. Farmers Grp., Inc. Farmers Underwriters Ass'n Fire Underwriters Ass'n Farmers Ins. Exch. Fire Ins. Exch. Texas Farmers Ins. Co. Mid-Century Ins. Co. of Texas Mid-Century Ins. Co. (Tex. App. 2009). “It seems logical to assume that the threat and coercive effect of these additional enforcement provisions, which would not be available in private class actions, weighed heavily in Farmers' decision to agree to the proposed settlement.”
Jan Lubin, Gilberto Villanueva, Michael Paladino, Gerald Hooks & Lesly K. Hooks v. Farmers Grp., Inc. Farmers Underwriters Ass'n Fire Underwriters Ass'n Farmers Ins. Exch. Fire Ins. Exch. Texas Farmers Ins. Co. Mid-Century Ins. Co. of Texas Mid-Century Ins. Co. (Tex. App. 2009). “It seems logical to assume that the threat and coercive effect of these additional enforcement provisions, which would not be available in private class actions, weighed heavily in Farmers’ decision to agree to the proposed settlement.”
Noah S. Bunker, Paul Carrell, Everett Brew Houston, Jr., W. Andrew Buchholz, Scott J. Leighty, Jad L. Davis, & Holly Clause v. Tracy D. Strandhagen (Tex. App. 2015). “041 of the insurance code, the Staff Appellants nonetheless urge that a justiciable con- delivered to the Commissioner a report "in troversy remains because the Commissioner's order states which it alleged that these Plaintiffs en- a conclusion of law that, "Under Tex. Ins. Code…”
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