Texas Mutual Insurance Co. v. Texas Dept of Insurance

This is an interlocutory appeal from an order granting a plea to the jurisdiction in an employers liability insurance coverage case. Our principal issue concerns whether, as the district court concluded, the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers Compensation ("the Division") has exclusive jurisdiction over a dispute concerning the coverage period under an employers liability insurance policy. We also consider whether the district court erred in holding that a challenge to a Division rule by appellant Texas Mutual Insurance Company ("Texas Mutual") was not ripe. We will reverse and remand.