| (a) Approval required. A certificate of insurance issued
on property or casualty operations or a risk located in Texas, regardless
of where the certificate holder, policyholder, insurer, or agent is
located, must be on a form that has been filed and approved before
use.
(b) Filing content. All filings for new or amended
certificate of insurance forms submitted under Insurance Code Chapter
1811, concerning Certificates of Property and Casualty Insurance,
must comply with the filing requirements in this division, any other
applicable rules the Commissioner has adopted, and any applicable
Commissioner's orders.
(1) All filings must contain transmittal information
as required by §5.9373 of this title (relating to Certificate
of Insurance Form Filing Transmittal Information).
(2) All filings must contain a copy of the subject
certificate of insurance form. For identification purposes, the certificate
of insurance must contain a form number and edition date.
(c) Combined filings. Do not combine a certificate
of insurance form filing with any other filing types.
(d) Filing submission.
(1) TDI will accept a filing required under this division:
(A) by mail;
(B) by hand delivery;
(C) by email; or
(D) through SERFF.
(2) Mailing addresses and other contact information
are available on the Property and Casualty Certificates of Insurance
web page on TDI's website.
(3) TDI will not collect a filing fee for a certificate
of insurance filing.
(e) Public inspection of filing.
(1) A certificate of insurance form and any supporting
information filed with TDI under this division is open to public inspection
as of the date of the filing.
(2) To the extent that a filing includes company contact
information, the company affirmatively consents to the release and
disclosure of its company contact information, including any email
addresses.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §5.9372 adopted to be effective March 13, 2013, 38 TexReg 1693; amended to be effective July 28, 2019, 44 TexReg 3640; amended to be effective January 8, 2024, 49 TexReg 41 |
