Title: Texas Department of Insurance
Content:  The Texas Commissioner of Insurance serves as the chief executive and administrative officer of the Department of Insurance and charged with executing all laws relating to the insurance business and overseeing all companies conducting business in the state. There is no current Commissioner of Insurance. The last Commissioner, Kent Sullivan, resigned in September 2020.
Title: Texas Department of Insurance
Content:  In 1957, the Board of Insurance Commissioners was abolished and replaced by the State Board of Insurance, consisted of three members appointed by the governor but serving a six-year term. The board determined policy and rates and authorized rules, while the commissioner was responsible for administrative operations and was appointed by the board. The primary functions of the agency included licensing domestic and out-of-state insurance companies and regular monitoring of its practices and rates.
Title: Texas Department of Insurance
Content:  In 1927 the Board of Insurance Commissioners was re-established to include three members appointed by the governor for a six-year term.
Title: Texas Department of Insurance
Content:  The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) regulates insurers and other companies that conduct insurance business in Texas, and assists Texas-based insurance consumers. TDI was founded in 1876 as the Department of Insurance, Statistics and History. The agency is responsible of enforcing the Texas Insurance Code; to regulate the insurance business, protect consumers, ensure fair competition among companies, and foster the stability of insurance market. 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. The agency is headquartered at the William P. Hobby State Office Building at 333 Guadalupe Street in Austin, Texas. It has around 1,400 employees statewide and a $110 million annual budget. The Commissioner of Insurance serves as the chief executive and administrative officer of the department.
Title: Insurance commissioner
Content:  An insurance commissioner (or commissioner of insurance) is a public official in the executive branch of a state or territory in the United States who, along with his or her office, regulate the insurance industry. The powers granted to the office of an insurance commissioner differ in each state. The office of an insurance commissioner is established either by the state constitution or by statute. While most insurance commissioners are appointed, in some jurisdictions they are elected. The office of the insurance commissioner may be part of a larger regulatory agency, or an autonomous department. Insurance law and regulation is established individually by each state. In order to better coordinate insurance regulation among the states and territories, insurance commissioners are members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC).
Title: Texas Department of Insurance
Content:  The state’s legislature of 1907 separated the insurance department from the other departments and included the operations of banking regulation, and the commissioner’s title changed to Commissioner of Insurance and Banking, served a 2-year term. In 1913 the State Insurance Commission was introduced. The first Commissioner of Insurance and Bank was Thomas B. Love and was succeeded by William E. Hawkins.
Title: Texas Department of Insurance
Content:  On August 21, 1876, the state legislature passed a law to establish the Texas Insurance Department as the first agency for insurance supervision in the state and the authorization of the Board of Insurance Commissioners went effective on April 18. At first the agency worked under the State Comptroller of Public Accounts, one year later the operations were folded into working under the Commissioner of Insurance, Statistics, and History under the Department of Insurance, Statistics and History. List of Commissioners of Insurance, Statistics, and History from 1876-1907:
Title: Louisiana Insurance Commissioner
Content:  The Louisiana Insurance Commissioner is a statewide constitutional office that regulates the insurance industry in Louisiana. The Insurance Commissioner serves as the head of the Louisiana Department of Insurance, which consists of ten divisions; Consumer Advocacy, Financial Solvency, Health Insurance, Legal Services, Licensing & Compliance, Minority Affairs, Management & Finance, Public Affairs, Property & Casualty, and Receivership. Louisiana is one of 11 states that elect the chief insurance regulator. The first office holder was Rufus D. Hayes, who was appointed by the governor in 1957, then elected for another term. The current Insurance Commissioner is Jim Donelon. Three of the four insurance commissioners prior to Donelon, Jim Brown, Sherman A. Bernard, and Doug Green, have been convicted of federal crimes and spent time in prison.
Title: California Insurance Commissioner
Content:  The California insurance commissioner has been an elected executive office position in California since 1991. Prior to that time, the insurance commissioner was appointed by the governor. The officeholder is in charge of the California Department of Insurance. The current insurance commissioner is Democrat Ricardo Lara.
Title: Government of Oklahoma
Content:  the State Career Tech Board. ; The Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner administers state laws dealing with insurance companies operating in Oklahoma. The commissioner audits insurance companies to make certain that they pay claims to their policyholders. Whenever an insurance company faces financial issues, courts usually appoints the commissioner to serve as a trustee. ; The Oklahoma Corporation Commission consists of three commissioners, each of at least 30 years, serving staggered six-year terms. The three commissioners regulate public utility rates and supervise public utilities doing business within the State. The commission also regulates cotton gin, trucking, and public transportation businesses. The commission enforces oil and gas conservation laws and regulates pipeline companies. The commission is 

Question: in texas how is the commissioner of insurance placed in office?
Answer: Appointed.