Texas Windstorm Insurance Association

• Help Wanted in Restructuring 'Unsustainable' TWIA

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  February 21, 2012

  Texas Insurance Commissioner Eleanor Kitzman is seeking an outside firm to look into restructuring what she calls an “unsustainable” last-resort insurer.

• Texas Residual Markets Settle Claim Disputes

  By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  July 21, 2011

  The Texas Department of Insurance ended a claims dispute with the state’s residual insurers, agreeing to settle claims with interest payments for more than 700 customers.

• Reform Bill Gives TWIA Ability to Issue Pre-Event Bonds

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  June 29, 2011

  It took a special legislative session for them to agree, but Texas lawmakers have passed reform legislation for the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association.

• Texas Lawmakers Ordered to Agree on TWIA, or Stay Put

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  June 24, 2011

  The fate of reform to the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association—and the summer plans of lawmakers—may be in the hands of two legislators working privately on a bill on which the state Senate and House can agree.

• Texas Senator Files Bill to Kill TWIA While House Moves Reform

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  June 17, 2011

  The Texas House of Representatives has passed legislation to reform the manner in which policyholders file claims and lawsuits against the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association.

• TWIA Secures $600M Reinsurance

  By Staff Writer  |  June 10, 2011

  The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association has purchased $636 million in reinsurance protection.

• Texas Gov. Adds TWIA To Special Session Agenda

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  June 8, 2011

  Texas Gov. Rick Perry has added legislation regarding the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) to his call for a special session for lawmakers.

• Texas Legislature Reauthorizes TDI, Does Not Pass TWIA Reforms

  By Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  June 2, 2011

  The Texas legislature passed legislation reauthorizing the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI), but did not act on separate legislation to reform the state’s last-resort wind insurer, the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA).

• TWIA General Manager Relieved Of Duty; Wipf Named Acting GM Of The Troubled Group

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  March 25, 2011

  The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association chose to immediately relieve its general manager of his duties rather than keep him until a replacement is found.

• TWIA General Manager Let Go Now; Wipf Named Acting GM

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  March 23, 2011

  The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association has chosen to immediately relieve its general manager of his duties rather than keep him until a replacement is found.