Insurance Code § 651.165

Sec. 651.165. REQUIRED NOTICE OF CERTAIN PREMIUM FINANCE AGREEMENTS. (a) An insurance premium finance company that enters into a premium finance agreement that includes an assignment or power of attorney shall notify the insurer or the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, the Texas Automobile Insurance Plan Association, or the Texas Medical Liability Insurance Underwriting Association whose premiums are being financed: (1) of the existence of the agreement; and (2) to whom the premium payment has been made. (b) An insurance premium finance company shall notify and fund all premiums to a county mutual insurance company unless the insurance premium finance company is authorized in writing by the county mutual insurance company to notify or fund an agent or managing general agent. (c) Notice required under this section must be made before the 31st day after the date the premium finance agreement is accepted by the insurance premium finance company. Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 2, eff. April 1, 2005.