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
Homeland Insurance Co. of New York v. Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc.
Court: WD Tx 02/22/2022
Magistrate Recommends Insurer's Rule 56(d) Motion To Deny Or Delay Consideration Of Motion For Summary Judgment Be Denied
Wilson v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.
Court: ND Tx 02/22/2022
District Court Remands Finding No Improper Joinder Of Adjuster Defendants In Suit For UIM Benefits
Ortiz v. Reliastar Life Insurance Co.
Court: ED Tx 02/17/2022
District Court Denies Summary Judgment in Life Insurance Dispute
Gage v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyds
Court: 5th Cir 02/16/2022
Insured's Extra-Contractual Claims Properly Dismissed Where No Coverage for Gold Heist
Cannon v. Bryant
Court: ND Tx 02/16/2022
Court Grants Summary Judgment in Interpleader Action Filed By Insurer
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. Rumbaugh
Court: Tx 6-Texarkana 02/15/2022
Award of Statutory Penalties Against Auto Insurer Affirmed
Parrish v. State Auto Insurance Cos.
Court: ND Tx 02/15/2022
District Court Grants Insurer's Motion For Summary Judgment In Hail Damage Dispute.
Monroe Guaranty Insurance Co. v. BITCO General Insurance Corp.
Court: Tx Sup 02/11/2022
Supreme Court Expands Use of Extrinsic Evidence to Determine Duty to Defend
Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Indep. Sch. Dist. v. Texas Political Subdivisions Prop./Cas. Self-Insurance Fund
Court: Tx Sup 02/11/2022
Auto Insurer Has No Duty to Defend or to Indemnify Insured For Alleged Liability Involving a Golf Cart Accident
Osherow, Chapter 7 Trustee v. Traveler’s Property Casualty Co. of America
Court: WD Tx 02/11/2022
Bankruptcy Court Grants In Part Insurer's Motion For Summary Judgment In Adversary Proceeding Where Chapter 7 Trustee Alleges Avoidance Of Debtor's Payment Of Premium
