Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 845 amends the Insurance Code to authorize a Holocaust victim, as defined, or the heir, assignee, beneficiary, or successor of a Holocaust victim, who resides in Texas and has a claim arising out of an insurance policy purchased or in effect in Europe before 1946 to bring an action in a Texas court against an insurer to recover on the claim. The bill prohibits the action from being dismissed for failure to comply with any applicable limitations period if the action is brought before December 31, 2012, and provides for certain sanctions and administrative penalties if an insurer fails to comply by denying the claim on those grounds.