Sec. 706.002. COVERAGE AUTHORIZED  


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  • (a) An insurer authorized to write property and casualty insurance in this state may offer and issue insurance coverage for a loss suffered by a policyholder as a result of the policyholders' being a victim of identity theft or attempted identity theft.

    (b) Coverage authorized by Subsection (a) may be:

    (1) offered as a separate insurance policy or as a rider or endorsement to:

    (A) a residential and commercial property insurance policy; or

    (B) a personal or commercial casualty insurance policy; and

    (2) underwritten and issued as an individual or group insurance policy.

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 102 , Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2005.