Texas Insurance Code
§ 651.164 — RESTRICTIONS ON PREMIUM FINANCE AGREEMENTS
IN § 651.164Title 5. PROTECTION OF CONSUMER INTERESTS · Part E. PREMIUM FINANCING · Ch. 651. FINANCING OF INSURANCE PREMIUMS · Art. D. PREMIUM FINANCE AGREEMENTS
Statute text
View on source(a)A premium finance agreement may not contain any provision under which, absent default by the insured, the insurance premium finance company holding the agreement may arbitrarily or without reasonable cause accelerate the maturity of all or any part of the amount owing under the agreement.
(b)For purposes of Subsection (a), reasonable cause includes a proceeding in bankruptcy, receivership, or insolvency instituted by or against the insured or the insolvency of or suspension of business or cessation of the right to engage in business by an insurer writing policies that are financed for the insured under the premium finance agreement.
(c)A license holder may not take:
(1)an instrument in which the insured waives any right accruing to the insured under this chapter;
(2)an instrument that has not been fully completed and executed by the insured;
(3)an assignment of wages as security for an insurance premium finance agreement entered into under this chapter;
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 2, eff. April 1, 2005.