Tex. Insurance Code § 981.216
This is the official text of Tex. Insurance Code § 981.216, part of Texas’s Insurance Code — regulates insurance companies and the policies they sell.
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§ 981.216. ANNUAL REPORT.
Official statutory text
(a) Before March 1 of each year, a surplus lines agent shall submit a report to the department for the preceding calendar year.
(b) The commissioner shall adopt the form for the annual report.
(c) The annual report must:
(1) demonstrate that the amount of insurance obtained from each eligible surplus lines insurer is only the amount that exceeds the amount obtainable from an authorized insurer; and
(2) include any other information required by the commissioner.
(b) The commissioner shall adopt the form for the annual report.
(c) The annual report must:
(1) demonstrate that the amount of insurance obtained from each eligible surplus lines insurer is only the amount that exceeds the amount obtainable from an authorized insurer; and
(2) include any other information required by the commissioner.
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