An insurer issuing residential property insurance may give a premium discount of at least 3% if the policyholder meets the claim-history and continuous-coverage conditions, and may add 1% for each later qualifying year.
Sec. 2006.052. OPTIONAL PREMIUM DISCOUNT. (a) Except as provided by Section 2006.053, an insurer that issues a residential property insurance policy may: (1) discount the premiums that would otherwise be charged for the policy by not less than three percent if the policyholder: (A) has continuously been a residential property insurance policyholder with the insurer or an affiliate of the insurer; and (B) has not filed a residential property insurance claim during the three years before the effective date of the policy; and (2) increase the amount of the discount by one percent for each subsequent year in which the policyholder: (A) has been a residential property insurance policyholder with the insurer or an affiliate of the insurer; and (B) has not filed a residential property insurance claim. (b) This section applies to an insurer that uses a tier classification or discount program that has a premium consequence based in whole or in part on claims experience, regardless of whether any of the policies that continuously covered the policyholder was a different kind of residential property insurance policy from the policy eligible for the premium discount. (c) A residential property insurance claim under this section does not include a claim: (1) resulting from a loss caused by natural causes; (2) that is filed but is not paid or payable under the policy; or (3) that an insurer is prohibited from using under Section 544.353. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 727 (H.B. 2017), Sec. 2, eff. April 1, 2007. Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 730 (H.B. 2636), Sec. 3B.040(a), eff. September 1, 2007. Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 921 (H.B. 3167), Sec. 9.040(a), eff. September 1, 2007.