The TWIA Board’s Legislative & External Affairs Committee met on July 20 and adopted legislative recommendations to include in the Association’s Biennial Report to the Texas Legislature. The Committee’s legislative recommendations will […]

TWIA’s Actuarial & Underwriting Committee met on July 18 and recommended that the TWIA Board of Directors vote to make a rate filing with no change in residential or commercial rates when it […]

Essential Meeting Information: TWIA's Legislative & External Affairs Committee will meet on Wednesday, July 20, at 9:00 a.m. CT to continue work on legislative recommendations for TWIA’s Biennial Report. Access the meeting […]

Essential Information: The Actuarial & Underwriting Committee will meet on July 18 to consider a recommendation to the TWIA Board on rates. TWIA's Rate Adequacy Analysis indicates that current rates are inadequate […]

TWIA’s 2022 Rate Adequacy Analysis indicates that TWIA’s current rates are inadequate by 15 percent for residential coverage and 11 percent for commercial coverage. The Rate Adequacy Analysis is a professional estimate […]

Attention agents: Thank you to everyone who completed our survey about printed quotes. Your feedback will help guide how we design a quote summary document for the New Agent Portal. Survey Results 315 […]

Updated August 8, 2022: View frequently asked questions about TWIA premiums and the Adjusted Building Cost Endorsement. Attention agents: Starting September 15, policyholders renewing their residential TWIA policies will see substantial coverage […]

The TWIA Board’s Legislative & External Affairs Committee met on June 24 to continue planning legislative recommendations to the Board of Directors for the Association’s Biennial Report to the Texas Legislature. The […]

Essential Information: TWIA is required to submit a rate filing to the Texas Department of Insurance by August 15 each year. All rate increases are subject to review and approval by the […]

Essential Meeting Information: TWIA's Legislative & External Affairs Committee will meet on Friday, June 24, at 10:00 a.m. CT. Access the meeting agenda and materials on TWIA’s website. To make public comment, […]

Attention agents: From June 20-23, we will host training webinars about the renewal process in the New Agent Portal. Space is limited - register today to save your spot. Starting July 18, […]

Attention agents: Starting July 18, 2022, you will need to work all renewals in the New Agent Portal. While most of the process will be the same as in the Old Agent […]

Texas Insurance Code Section 2210.107(c) requires TWIA to produce an Annual Report to the Texas Legislature detailing the extent to which the Association and the Board of Directors have met the requirements […]

Make sure you are ready to recover after a hurricane hits the coast. Hurricane season runs from June 1 through November 30. This year, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) forecasts […]

Attention agents: We hear that you need the flexibility to make online payments on behalf of your clients when signing them up for mortgagee escrow in the New Agent Portal. For new […]

Attention agents: How do you use printed quotes? How do you want to use them? Or for them to look? Fill out this brief survey to let us know. Click Here to […]

The TWIA Board of Directors met on May 17 for their second quarterly meeting of 2022. The Board approved a $500 million line of credit to enhance the Association's liquidity if a […]

Essential Meeting Information: TWIA’s Board of Directors will meet on Tuesday, May 17, 2022, at 9:00 a.m. CT at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, 208 Barton Springs Road, Austin, TX 77554. Access the […]

TWIA uses an industry-standard tool, commonly called MSB (short for Marshall Swift/Boeckh), to calculate replacement cost estimates in both the Old and New Agent Portals. Although the tool is the same, the […]

Attention agents: You may already know that the New Agent Portal does not include the Old Agent Portal’s way of printing a quote. That is because the old way produced inconsistent results. […]