HB 2067

AN ACT relating to declination, cancellation, or nonrenewal of insurance

House Bill • Paul | Capriglione

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89th Regular Session

Jan 14, 2025 - Jun 2, 2025 • Session ended

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What This Bill Does

Strengthens insurance declination and cancellation transparency requirements for insurers in Texas. Insurance companies must now provide written notice and specific reasons when declining, canceling, or choosing not to renew liability or commercial property insurance policies. The law aims to give applicants and policyholders clearer explanations about insurance coverage decisions, applying to new and renewed policies starting September 1, 2025.

Subject Areas

INSURANCE, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF EMAIL & ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS INSURANCE, COMMISSIONER OF Insurance--Property & Casualty Insurance--Insurers & Agents

Bill Text

relating to declination, cancellation, or nonrenewal of insurance
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1.  Section 551.001(a), Insurance Code, is amended
(a)  The commissioner may, as necessary, adopt and enforce
reasonable rules, including notice requirements, relating to the
declination, cancellation, and nonrenewal of any insurance policy
regulated by the department under:
(2)  Chapter 1804, 1805, 2171, or 2301; or
(3)  Subtitle C, D, E, or F, Title 10.
SECTION 2.  Section 551.002(a), Insurance Code, is amended
(a)  The commissioner shall require an insurer that
declines, cancels, or refuses to renew an insurance policy to which
Section 551.001 applies[, on request by an applicant for insurance
or a policyholder,] to provide to the applicant or policyholder a
written statement of the reasons for the declination, cancellation,
or nonrenewal of the [an insurance] policy [to which Section
SECTION 3.  Subchapter B, Chapter 551, Insurance Code, is
amended by adding Section 551.0521 to read as follows:
Sec. 551.0521.  WRITTEN NOTICE OF DECLINATION REQUIRED.  An
insurer that declines an application for a liability insurance or
commercial property insurance policy shall deliver or mail written
notice of the declination to the applicant.
SECTION 4.  Section 551.055, Insurance Code, is amended to
Sec. 551.055.  REASON FOR DECLINATION, CANCELLATION, OR
NONRENEWAL REQUIRED.  In a notice to an applicant or insured
relating to declination, cancellation, or refusal to renew, an
insurer must state the reason for the declination, cancellation, or
nonrenewal.  The statement must comply with:
(1)  Sections 551.002(b) and (c); and
(2)  rules adopted under Section 551.002(d).
SECTION 5.  Section 551.109, Insurance Code, is amended to
Sec. 551.109.  INSURER STATEMENT.  An insurer shall[, at the
request of an applicant for insurance or an insured,] provide a
written statement of the reason for a declination, cancellation, or
nonrenewal of an insurance policy.  The statement must comply with:
(1)  Sections 551.002(b) and (c); and
(2)  rules adopted under Section 551.002(d).
SECTION 6.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an application for insurance that is made or an insurance policy
that is delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed on or after the
effective date of this Act. An application made or policy
delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed before the effective
date of this Act is governed by the law as it existed immediately
before the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in
SECTION 7.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.