| (a) An insurance premium finance company which enters into an insurance premium finance agreement with an insured to finance an insurance policy or policies shall notify the insurer whose premiums are being financed of the existence of such agreement within a reasonable period of time not to exceed 30 days after the date such agreement is received by the insurance premium finance company. (b) The word "insurer," as used in the Insurance Code, Articles 24.17 and 24.22, means the company or other entity formally liable on the insurance risk. It does not mean an insurance agent. Accordingly, notice to an insurance agent or to a managing general agency of the insurer is not notice under the Insurance Code, Article 24.22, unless the premium finance company has received written authorization from a county mutual insurance company to notify an agent or managing general agent. If the insurance premium finance company gave notice to the insurer in accordance
with the Insurance Code, Article 24.22, the insurer shall, as provided in the Insurance Code, Article 24.17, return whatever unearned premiums are due under the insurance contract directly to the insurance premium finance company within 60 days. Return of unearned premium through an accounts current with an agent or agency does not satisfy the insurer's obligation under the Insurance Code, Article 24.17.
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