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4 Document(s) [ Subject: Windstorm insurance ]
| Committee: | House State Affairs | |
| Title: | Interim Report | |
| Subjects: | Border security | Broadband infrastructure | Electric Reliability Council of Texas | Electric utilities | Electricity transmission and distribution | Information Resources, Texas Department of | Insurance industry | Operation Lone Star (Border security) | Property insurance | Public Utility Commission of Texas | Public Utility Counsel, Office of | Semiconductor industry | Sunset Advisory Commission, Texas | Texas Panhandle | Texas Windstorm Insurance Association | Wildfires | Windstorm insurance | | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.88 ST29H | |
| Session: | 88th R.S. (2023) | |
| Online version: | View report [93 pages File size: 2,200 kb] | |
| Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
| 1. | Monitoring: Monitor the agencies and programs under the Committee’s jurisdiction and oversee the implementation of relevant legislation passed by the 88th Legislature. Conduct active oversight of all associated rulemaking and other governmental actions taken to ensure the intended legislative outcome of all legislation, including the following:
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| 2. | Securing the Border: Conduct a review of functions and operations of state agencies involved with carrying out Operation Lone Star as they relate to securing the border and preventing transnational criminal activity. Evaluate whether agencies have sufficient resources and authority to carry out their prescribed duties. Make recommendations to increase the safety and wellbeing of personnel and efficiency of agency operations as needed. | |
| 3. | Economic Challenges Impacting Insurance Premiums: Examine the impact of current economic challenges on the escalating costs of insurance premiums, including factors contributing to the withdrawal of insurance providers from certain markets. Investigate solutions to help Texans more easily and affordably obtain property and casualty insurance coverage. Evaluate long-term strategies for shifting from state-funded insurance programs to sustainable private market alternatives. | |
| 4. | Review TWIA Funding: Review current state policy as it relates to the operation and funding of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA), including state agency capacity to effectively oversee TWIA. Evaluate the ability of state agencies and instrumentalities to secure the seacoast region’s ability to produce energy and advance science and technology, including the role of reinsurance in maintaining economic security and ways to reduce the burden of reinsurance purchases on energy production and scientific and technological advances, while maintaining adequate coverage for policyholders. | |
| 5. | Panhandle Wildfires: Evaluate the findings and recommendations of the Investigative Committee on the Panhandle Wildfires that are within the committee’s jurisdiction and develop related legislative solutions and other actions for preventing future wildfires and improving wildfire disaster preparedness, response, and mitigation. | |
| Committee: | House Insurance | |
| Title: | Interim Report | |
| Subjects: | Assisted living facilities | Fraud | Health care provider networks | Health insurance | Insurance industry | Insurance, Texas Department of | Medical bill balance billing | Prompt payment of insurance claims | Property insurance | Texas Mutual Insurance | Texas Windstorm Insurance Association | Windstorm insurance | Workers Compensation Commission, Texas | Workers' compensation | | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.84 In7 | |
| Session: | 84th R.S. (2015) | |
| Online version: | View report [87 pages] | |
| Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
| 1. | Examine available data on the cost of weather-related property insurance claims and the incidence of litigation of these claims. Study whether these data reveal trends or patterns over time and what the drivers of these trends might be. Identify impacts on the property insurance market and on consumers from claims litigation. | |
| 2. | Examine the effectiveness of previous legislative efforts to encourage transparency and adequacy of health care networks, and of legislation to protect consumers from the negative impacts of disputes over out-of-network services. Study whether enhancements in transparency or regulation are necessary. | |
| 3. | Evaluate the statutory penalty calculations under Texas's prompt payment laws regarding health care claims. Include an analysis of whether the proper benchmarks are used to establish penalties commensurate with an improper payment and the effect of the abolition of the Texas Health Insurance Pool on the use of funds collected under the statute. | |
| 4. | Study the Texas credit for reinsurance statutes and how they affect market capacity, the cost of regulatory compliance, and the prospect of federal preemption of the state's ability to regulate reinsurance. Examine how alternative credit for reinsurance statutes in other jurisdictions function, including in the regulatory and legal systems of those jurisdictions. | |
| 5. | Monitor the implementation of SB 900 (84R), including the rulemaking process by the Texas Department of Insurance and the adoption of an updated plan of operation by the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association. | |
| 6. | Examine the effectiveness of residual market programs in the insurance industry in Texas, as well as approaches used in other states. | |
| 7. | Review the implementation of HB 2929, 83rd R.S.. Examine the bill's impact and compliance among affected health plans. Examine the costs incurred by the Employees Retirement System, Teacher Retirement System, and any other affected state health plans as a result of the legislation. | |
| 8. | Review current statutory provisions regarding the prosecution of workers' compensation insurance fraud. Examine ways to maintain or enhance fraud prosecution while ensuring a fair process for all parties involved. | |
| 9. | Conduct legislative oversight and monitoring of the agencies and programs under the committee’s jurisdiction and the implementation of relevant legislation passed by the 84th Legislature. In conducting this oversight, the committee should: a. consider any reforms to state agencies to make them more responsive to Texas taxpayers and citizens; b. identify issues regarding the agency or its governance that may be appropriate to investigate, improve, remedy, or eliminate; c. determine whether an agency is operating in a transparent and efficient manner; and d. identify opportunities to streamline programs and services while maintaining the mission of the agency and its programs. | |
| Supporting documents | ||
| Committee: | House Insurance | |
| Title: | Committee meeting handouts and testimony, October 12, 2016 (Credit for reinsurance, TWIA and SB 900) | |
| Library Call Number: | ||
| Session: | 84th R.S. (2015) | |
| Online version: | View document [76 pages File size: 3,638 kb] | |
| Committee: | Joint Windstorm Insurance, Oversight | |
| Title: | Interim Report | |
| Library Catalog Title: | Report to the 82nd Legislature | |
| Subjects: | Texas Windstorm Insurance Association | Windstorm insurance | Windstorm Insurance Legislative Oversight Board | | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.81 W725 | |
| Session: | 81st R.S. (2009) | |
| Online version: | View report [71 pages File size: 4,841 kb] | |
| Charge: | This report should address the charge below. | |
| 1. | Monitor windstorm insurance in the state. * | |
* This represents an abstract of the report contents. Charge text is incomplete or unavailable.
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