GROUP LIFE OR ACCIDENTAL DEATH AND DISMEMBERMENT INSURANCE: PAYMENT OF CLAIM.
Tex. INS Code § 1575.160.
in effectThe amount of group life insurance or group accidental death and dismemberment insurance covering a retiree, dependent, surviving spouse, or surviving dependent child on the date of death shall be paid, on the establishment of a valid claim, only to:
(1) the beneficiary designated by the person in a signed and witnessed document received before death in the office of the trustee; or
(2) a person in the order prescribed by Section 824.103 (b), Government Code, if a beneficiary is not properly designated or a beneficiary does not exist.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 3, eff. June 1, 2003. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 10A.431(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.