Bill Text: TX HB2179 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to notice required upon nonrenewal of property/casualty insurance policies.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-08 - Referred to Insurance [HB2179 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB2179-Introduced.html
| By: Murphy | H.B. No. 2179 | |
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| relating to notice required upon nonrenewal of property/casualty | ||
| insurance policies. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 551, Section 105 is amended to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| Section 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. | ||
