Timeline for TWIA’s Annual Rate Filing Consideration

Published on: June 15, 2026

Essential Information:

  • TWIA is required to submit a rate filing to the Texas Department of Insurance by August 15.  
  • TWIA accepts public comment on Association rates and other issues at all Board and Committee meetings.
  • All TWIA filings are subject to review by the Texas Insurance Commissioner. 
  • More information on TWIA rates is available on the Rates page of TWIA’s website.   

The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association’s (TWIA) annual rate filing consideration process is about to begin. 

By law, TWIA must make a rate filing with the Texas Department of Insurance by August 15. TWIA’s Actuarial & Underwriting Committee will meet in late June to decide on a rate recommendation to TWIA’s Board of Directors. The Board will meet in August to vote on the rate filing to submit to the Department. 

State law also requires that:

  • The Board may not vote on a rate increase if there is a Board vacancy and the vacancy has existed for at least 60 days when the vote is taken. (Currently, there are no vacancies on the Board.)
  • Two-thirds of the Board must vote to approve the filing of a rate increase to go into effect.
  • All TWIA filings are subject to review by the Texas Insurance Commissioner. The Commissioner must approve a filing for a rate increase to go into effect.
  • The public is invited to comment in writing, in person, or virtually at the meetings of TWIA’s Actuarial & Underwriting Committee and Board of Directors. Public comment information and meeting agendas will be posted on TWIA’s website before each scheduled meeting. 

More information on TWIA Board and Committee meeting dates and how to provide public comment is available on the Meeting Library section of TWIA’s website. 

TIMELINE – Below are key dates in TWIA’s annual rate filing consideration process: 

June 18, 2026: TWIA posts an annual Rate Adequacy Analysis to its website for public review. The Rate Adequacy Analysis is an estimate, prepared by TWIA’s actuarial staff, of the extent to which rates are sufficient to cover the Association’s operating expenses and its expected losses from claims. 

June 30, 2026: The Actuarial & Underwriting Committee meets to review the Rate Adequacy Analysis, hear public comment, and develop a recommendation to the TWIA Board of Directors regarding TWIA’s August 2026 annual rate filing. 

August 4, 2026: TWIA’s Board of Directors meets to receive the recommendation from the Actuarial & Underwriting Committee, hear public comment, and vote to direct staff regarding TWIA’s August 2026 annual rate filing. 

August 15, 2026: Deadline for TWIA staff to make the annual rate filing with the Texas Department of Insurance. (Note: The statutory deadline falls on a Saturday, August 15, 2026.) 

October 15, 2026: Statutory deadline for approval or disapproval of a TWIA rate filing (if for a rate increase) by the Commissioner of Insurance. 

Members of the media with questions about TWIA’s rate filing consideration process may email MediaRelations@TWIA.org.