National Ass'n of Independent Insurers v. Texas Department of Insurance

KIDD, Justice.

Appellants 1 (“Insurers”) challenged the validity of two rules adopted by the State Board of Insurance. Appellees Texas Department of Insurance, State Board of Insurance, and the Office of Public Insurance Counsel 2 (collectively the “Board”) defended the validity of the rules. Following a bench trial, the trial court upheld the two rules. We will affirm the trial court’s judgment.

THE CONTROVERSY

The two rules at issue in the instant cause are referred to by the parties as Rule 1000 and Rule 1008, which the Board adopted on August 31, 1993. See 28 Tex.Admin.Code §§ 21.1000, .1003…