The Insurance Law Section is an official, sanctioned section of the State Bar of Texas consisting of approximately 2,300 members. Membership is open to all members of the State Bar of Texas.
Our Mission: Promoting collegiality and educating the bench, bar, and public about Texas insurance law.
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The Insurance Law Section is governed by a Council elected from the Section membership at the Section’s annual meeting. Section officers are elected from and by the Council
News
Registration is Open for the 19th Annual Advanced Insurance Law Course
Register now and join us June 2-3, 2022 at the Hyatt Regency Hill Country Resort & Spa in San Antonio.
Did You Miss the Insurance Law Webinar – Turning Eight Corners into a New Era?
Order the recording of the 4/27/22 webinar to get the latest update on this much-anticipated Texas Supreme Court decision.
Announcing the Spring 2022 Texas Law Student Writing Competition
The competition is an annual state-wide competition, open to written submissions of insurance-related articles authored by law students in good standing from any of the ten accredited law schools in Texas.
Events
19th Annual Advanced Insurance Law Course
Join us June 2-3, 2022 at the Hyatt Regency Hill Country Resort & Spa in San Antonio. Registration is open!
Articles
Fifth Circuit Interprets Texas’s No-Direct-Action Rule As Applied To Third Party Plaintiffs With Underlying Default Judgment
It is well-settled Texas law that plaintiffs are prevented from directly suing a defendant’s insurer unless and until a final judgment or settlement has resolved the litigation at issue. A related line of cases sets out when a third party (not the insured) can bind a non-participating insurer to an underlying judgment or settlement.
Case Note: In Re Farmers Texas County Mutual Insurance Company
Texas law has long disfavored the now uncommon practice of liability insurers “soliciting a contribution to a settlement from its insured without first committing its own policy limits.” The Supreme Court of Texas was recently faced with such a situation.
Recent Decisions
Vollandt v. Axis Insurance Co.
Court: ED Tx 03/17/2022
Court Issues Mixed Ruling in Marine Insurance Dispute
Dailey v. Amguard Insurance Co.
Court: ND Tx 03/14/2022
District Court Denies Insurer's Motion To Abate For Insufficient Pre-Suit Notice
O’Donnell v. Avis Rent A Car System LLC
Court: ND Tx 03/11/2022
Magistrate Recommends Insurer And Rental-Car Company's Motion For Summary Judgment Be Granted In Suit Brought By Third-Party Claimant And Judgment Creditor
Collier v. Metropolitan Lloyds Insurance Company of Texas
Court: ED Tx 03/11/2022
District Court Adopts Magistrate Recommendation to Remand Property Insurance Case
Page v. State Farm Life Insurance Co.
Court: WD Tx 03/10/2022
District Court Grants In Part Insurer's Motion For Summary Judgment In Life Insurance Class Action
Humphries v. State Farm Lloyds
Court: ND Tx 03/09/2022
District Court Grants Insurer's Motion For Partial Summary Judgment On Extra-Contractual Claims
Thrash v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.
Court: WD Tx 03/09/2022
District Court Remands In Homeowner's Policy Dispute
Knife River Corporation – South v. Zurich American Insurance Co.
Court: ND Tx 03/08/2022
District Court Denies Insurers' Motion to Dismiss While Analyzing Eight-Corners Rule And The Texas Anti-Indemnity Statute.
Amerisure Mutual Insurance Co. v. McMillin Texas Home, LLC
Court: WD Tx 03/08/2022
District Court Grants In Part And Denies In Part Insurer's Motion For Summary Judgment In General Liability Coverage Dispute
Mi Realty, LLC v. Atlantic Casualty Insurance Co.
Court: ND Tx 03/08/2022
District Court Remands Action Seeking Appointment Of Umpire
