Texas Department of Insurance

In addition to administering the Texas workers' compensation system according to the Texas Labor Code, performing the duties of the State Fire Marshal's Office, and providing administrative support to the Office of Injured Employee Counsel.

In 1927 the Board of Insurance Commissioners was re-established to include three members appointed by the governor for a six-year term.

The primary functions of the agency included licensing domestic and out-of-state insurance companies and regular monitoring of its practices and rates.

By 1994, the three-member board was abolished and replaced with the Department of Insurance headed by one commissioner appointed by the governor and approved by the Senate, some of the duties of the department were deported to other state agencies; the State Office of Administrative Hearings took over hearings, the Comptroller's Offices over tax operations, and the Texas Workers' Compensation Commission handled the compensation data of workers.

Cassie Brown was appointed to serve as Texas insurance commissioner by Governor Greg Abbott in September 2021.

Fraud Unit criminal investigators specialize in financial crime and regularly conduct joint investigations with city, county, other state (DPS, Attorney General's Office), and federal law enforcement (FBI, IRS-CID, United States Postal Inspection Service, US Government OIGs, etc.

Commissioner Standifer, formerly a Texas Ranger, resolves problems with an insurance claim-and marital difficulties-for an old comrade-in-arms' daughter in dramatic fashion.