By: Murphy, Torres (Senate Sponsor - Estes) H.B. No. 2382
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 13, 2011;
May 13, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Business
and Commerce; May 18, 2011, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 18, 2011, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to notice required upon nonrenewal of property and
casualty insurance policies.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 551.105, Insurance Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 551.105. NONRENEWAL OF POLICIES; NOTICE REQUIRED.
Unless the insurer has mailed written notice of nonrenewal to the
insured not later than the 30th day before the date on which the
insurance policy expires, an insurer must renew an insurance
policy, at the request of the insured, on the expiration of the
policy. Notwithstanding the failure of an insurer to comply with
this section, the policy shall terminate on the effective date of
any replacement or succeeding insurance policy with another carrier
with respect to the insured (a) personal automobile, (b) home,
farm, ranch, dwelling, duplex, or apartment, or (c) other real or
personal property.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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