Public Invited to Comment as TWIA Board Meets in Galveston on February 22

Published on: February 11, 2022

Essential Meeting Information:

  • TWIA’s Board of Directors will meet on Tuesday, February 22, 2022, at 9:00 a.m. CT.
  • Access the meeting agenda here and the meeting materials here.
  • In order to make public comment during the meeting, you must attend the meeting in person at The Tremont House in Galveston or virtually via Zoom.
    • After registering for the meeting, you will receive a confirmation email with details on how to join the meeting from your preferred device.
  • Watch the livestream on YouTube.
  • TWIA received one written public comment for this meeting. Send written public comment to PublicComment@TWIA.org.
  • Email your technical issues or meeting questions to meetings@twia.org.

The TWIA Board of Directors will hold its first quarterly meeting of 2022 in Galveston on February 22 at 9:00 a.m. CT. The agenda for the meeting is available here and the meeting materials are here.

Among the issues to be addressed or reviewed by the Board are:

  • The election of Board officers and appointment(s) to fill committee vacancy(ies);
  • Early redemption of the remaining 2014 Class 1 bonds;
  • The status of TWIA’s systems upgrade project and policyholder installment payment options; and
  • 2022 catastrophe funding, including an update on catastrophe modeling and reinsurance.

The Board will NOT consider any changes to TWIA rates at this meeting.

All meetings of the TWIA Board of Directors and its committees are open to the public. The public may attend and make public comment in person at The Tremont House in Galveston or virtually via Zoom. Members of the TWIA Board and staff may participate in the meeting in person or virtually. The meeting will also be livestreamed on YouTube.

Providing Public Comment to the Board
Members of the public can submit written comments via email at PublicComment@TWIA.org. Interested parties are encouraged to submit comments by noon on Friday, February 18, to enable the Board to receive and review them before the February 22 meeting. TWIA staff will provide the Board with all written comments regardless of when the Association receives them.

Written comments submitted to TWIA are subject to the Texas Public Information Act. TWIA will post public comments received, with personally identifiable information redacted, at the bottom of this page.

Members of the public can provide verbal comments to the Board during the designated public comment portion of the meeting. If you want to make public comment during the meeting, you must attend the meeting at The Tremont House or register and log into the meeting via Zoom on a computer, tablet, smartphone, or telephone.

  • Click here to register to attend the meeting via Zoom.
    • After registering for the meeting, you will receive a confirmation email with details on how to join the meeting from your preferred device.
  • The meeting will also be livestreamed on YouTube.

Anyone attending the meeting at The Tremont House is encouraged to wear a mask and comply with social distancing protocols. A limited number of TWIA staff will be on-site at The Tremont House to facilitate the public comment process.

Members of the media with questions about the Board meeting, please email MediaRelations@TWIA.org.

The meeting materials and archived recording for the Board meeting will be added to our Archived Meetings page after the meeting.

Written Public Comment Received

As of February 21, 2022, TWIA has received one written public comment related to this meeting. Public comments are posted here within two business days of being received by TWIA.