Tex. Ins. Code § 558.002 · Chapter 558. REFUND OF UNEARNED PREMIUM
APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER; REFUND OF UNEARNED PREMIUM.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) This chapter applies to an insurer that issues an insurance policy that requires the insurer to maintain an unearned premium reserve for the portion of the written policy premium applicable to the unexpired or unused part of the policy period for which the premium has been paid.
(b) An insurer shall promptly refund the appropriate portion of any unearned premium to the policyholder if the policy:
(1) has a remaining unearned premium reserve; and
(2) is canceled or terminated by the insured or the insurer before the end of its term.
(c) A guaranty association shall promptly refund any unearned premium as described by Subchapter E, Chapter 462, or Sections 463.003(9) and 463.259.
(d) An insurer shall refund the appropriate portion of any unearned premium to the policyholder not later than the 15th business day after the effective date of cancellation or termination of a policy of personal automobile or residential property insurance, as those terms are defined by Section 2301.051.
(e) Notwithstanding Subsection (d), a guaranty association shall refund any unearned premium as described by Subchapter E, Chapter 462, not later than the 30th business day after the date the guaranty association receives any necessary and accurate financial information, including supporting accounting information, required to determine unearned premium under a policy of personal automobile or residential property insurance, as those terms are defined by Section 2301.051.
(f) For purposes of this section, "business day" means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday recognized by this state.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 2, eff. April 1, 2005.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 730 (H.B. 2636), Sec. 2D.016, eff. April 1, 2009.
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 94 (S.B. 698), Sec. 1, eff. May 18, 2013.
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Insurance Code
- Tex. Ins. Code ch. 462, subch. ECOVERED CLAIMS; CLAIMANTSPrinted as Subchapter E, Chapter 462
- Tex. Ins. Code § 463.003GENERAL DEFINITIONS.Printed as Sections 463.003(9) and 463.259
- Tex. Ins. Code § 463.259PREMIUM DUE DURING RECEIVERSHIP.Printed as Sections 463.003(9) and 463.259
- Tex. Ins. Code § 2301.051DEFINITIONS.Printed as Section 2301.051
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