Texas Insurance Code Title 10, Chapter 1811 - Certificates Of Property And Casualty Insurance

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1811.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Agent" means a person required to hold a license as a property and casualty agent or surplus lines agent. (2) "Certificate...
• Texas Section 1811.002 - Applicability
  (a) This chapter applies to a certificate holder, policyholder, insurer, or agent with regard to a certificate of insurance issued on property or casualty operations...
• Texas Section 1811.003 - Rules
  The commissioner may adopt rules as necessary or proper to accomplish the purposes of this chapter. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1212...

SUBCHAPTER B PROHIBITED ACTS AND PRACTICES

• Texas Section 1811.004 - Filing Fee
  (a) The department may collect a fee in an amount determined by the commissioner for the filing of a new or amended certificate of insurance...
• Texas Section 1811.051 - Altering, Amending, Or Extending The Terms Of An Insurance Policy; Contractual Rights Of Certificate Holder
  (a) A property or casualty insurer or agent may not issue a certificate of insurance or any other type of document purporting to be a...
• Texas Section 1811.052 - Use Of Approved Certificate Of Insurance Forms
  (a) An insurer or an agent may not issue a certificate of insurance unless the form of the certificate: (1) has been filed with and...
• Texas Section 1811.053 - Alteration Or Modification Of Approved Certificate Of Insurance Forms
  A person may not alter or modify a certificate of insurance form approved under Section 1811.101 unless the alteration or modification is approved by the...
• Texas Section 1811.054 - Issuance Of False Or Misleading Certificate Of Insurance
  A person may not require the issuance of a certificate of insurance from an insurer, agent, or policyholder that contains any false or misleading information...
• Texas Section 1811.055 - Request For Documents In Lieu Of Certificate Of Insurance
  A person may not require an agent or insurer, either in addition to or in lieu of a certificate of insurance, to issue any other...

SUBCHAPTER C CERTIFICATE OF INSURANCE FORMS

• Texas Section 1811.056 - Use Of Disapproved Certificate Of Insurance Forms
  A person who receives written notice under Section 1811.102 that a certificate of insurance form filed under this chapter has been disapproved by the commissioner...
• Texas Section 1811.101 - Filing And Approval Of Forms
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), an insurer or agent may not deliver or issue for delivery in this state a certificate of insurance...
• Texas Section 1811.102 - Disapproval Of Forms; Withdrawal Of Approval
  (a) The commissioner shall disapprove a form filed under Section 1811.101 or withdraw approval of a form if the form: (1) contains a provision or...
• Texas Section 1811.103 - Standard Certificate Of Insurance Forms
  A standard certificate of insurance form promulgated by the Association for Cooperative Operations Research and Development, the American Association of Insurance Services, or the Insurance...

SUBCHAPTER D EFFECT OF APPROVAL OF CERTIFICATE OF INSURANCE FORM

• Texas Section 1811.104 - Public Inspection Of Information
  A certificate of insurance form and any supporting information filed with the department under this subchapter is open to public inspection as of the date...
• Texas Section 1811.151 - Confirmation Of Policy Issuance
  A certificate of insurance form that has been approved by the commissioner and properly executed and issued by a property and casualty insurer or an...
• Texas Section 1811.152 - Certificate Of Insurance Not Policy Of Insurance
  A certificate of insurance is not a policy of insurance and does not amend, extend, or alter the coverage afforded by the referenced insurance policy....
• Texas Section 1811.153 - Rights Conferred By Certificate Of Insurance
  A certificate of insurance shall not confer to a certificate holder new or additional rights beyond what the referenced policy or any executed endorsement of...
• Texas Section 1811.154 - Reference To Other Contracts
  A certificate of insurance may not contain a reference to a legal or insurance requirement contained in a contract other than the underlying contract of...
• Texas Section 1811.155 - Notice
  (a) A person may have a legal right to notice of cancellation, nonrenewal, or material change or any similar notice concerning a policy of insurance...

SUBCHAPTER E ENFORCEMENT AND REMEDIES

• Texas Section 1811.156 - Certificate Of Insurance Issued In Violation Of Chapter
  A certificate of insurance that is executed, issued, or required and that is in violation of this chapter is void and has no effect. Added...
• Texas Section 1811.201 - Powers Of Commissioner
  (a) If the commissioner has reason to believe that an insurer or agent has violated or is threatening to violate this chapter or a rule...
• Texas Section 1811.202 - Hearing; Notice
  (a) The commissioner may hold a hearing on whether to issue a cease and desist order under Section 1811.201 if the commissioner has reason to...
• Texas Section 1811.203 - Civil Penalty; Injunction
  (a) A person, including an insurer or agent, who wilfully violates this chapter is subject to a civil penalty of not more than $1,000 for...
• Texas Section 1811.204 - Investigation Of Complaints
  (a) The commissioner may: (1) investigate a complaint or allegation of specific violations by a person, including an insurer or agent, who has allegedly engaged...

Last modified: September 28, 2016