House Committee on Insurance - 66th R.S. (1979)

• Title:

  Interim Report

  Document type:

  Report

  Subjects:

  Consumer protection | Discrimination | Insurance industry | Insurance rates | Insurance, Texas State Board of | Life insurance | Texas Catastrophic Property Insurance Association |

  Library Call Number:

  L1836.66 in7

  Description:

  [205 pages  File size: 7,070 kb]

  Charges:

  1. Study insurance rate-making procedures, focusing on discrimination in rating based on age, sex or physical handicap.
  2. Focus on reporting by insurance companies to the State Board of Insurance of statistical information, income and loss experience.
  3. Study the insurance rate-making procedures focusing on the current procedures followed and considered by the State Board of Insurance to determine if a more effective plan could be developed in Texas.
  4. Study the operations and effects on statewide rates of the Texas Catastrophe Property Insurance Association.
  5. Study the procedures and effectiveness of consumer complaints to the State Board of Insurance, including the methods and processes used to handle, monitor and follow up complaints from policy owners and consumers.
  6. Determine whether a need exists to increase the maximum limit of the value of group term life insurance policies.

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• Title:

  Rules for hearings before the Committee on Insurance

  Document type:

  Supporting document

  Library Call Number:

  L1801.9 IN7 66

  Description:

  [1 pages  File size: 37 kb]

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