Stark v. Geeslin

3 Citing cases

  1. State Bd. for Educator Certification v. Demiglio

    No. 13-21-00331-CV (Tex. App. Apr. 6, 2023)   Cited 1 times

    "An administrative agency's interpretation of its own regulations is also entitled to deference by the courts." Stark v. Geeslin, 213 S.W.3d 406, 416 (Tex. App.-Austin 2006, pet. denied) (citing Public. Util. Comm'n v. Gulf States Utils. Co., 809 S.W.2d 201, 207 (Tex. 1991)). "We construe both statutes and administrative rules under traditional principles of statutory construction." Tex. Tel. Ass'n v. Pub. Util. Comm'n of Tex., 653 S.W.3d 227, 246 (Tex. App.-Austin 2022, no pet.)

  2. Tex. Dep't of Ins. v. Am. Nat'l Ins. Co.

    55 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 705 (Tex. 2012)   Cited 43 times
    Holding that private self-funded benefit plans are not engaged in the "business of insurance" because the statutory provision defining what it means to be engaged in the business of insurance was not intended to encompass self-funded employee health-benefit plans

    Reinsurance, on the other hand, has been described as the transfer of all or part of one insurer's risk to another insurer, which accepts the risk in exchange for a percentage of the original premium. Stark v. Geeslin, 213 S.W.3d 406, 410 n. 2 (Tex.App.-Austin 2006, no pet.) (citing Black's Law Dictionary 1290 (7th ed.1999)). “The true reinsurer is merely an insurance company or underwriter which deals only with other insurance companies as its policyholders.”

  3. Texas Dep't of Ins. v. American Nat'l Ins. Co.

    No. 10-0374 (Tex. May. 18, 2012)   4 Legal Analyses

    Reinsurance, on the other hand, has been described as the transfer of all or part of one insurer's risk to another insurer, which accepts the risk in exchange for a percentage of the original premium. Stark v. Geeslin, 213 S.W.3d 406, 410 n.2 (Tex. App.—Austin 2006, no pet.) (citing BLACK'S LAW DICTIONARY 1290 (7th ed. 1999)). "The true reinsurer is merely an insurance company or underwriter which deals only with other insurance companies as its policyholders."