2005 Texas Insurance Code CHAPTER 1802. PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE INITIATIVES TASK FORCE

INSURANCE CODE

CHAPTER 1802. PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE INITIATIVES TASK 
FORCE


	§ 1802.001. PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE INITIATIVES 
TASK FORCE.  (a) The commissioner may establish a task force to 
study the utility and feasibility of instituting various property 
and casualty insurance initiatives in this state.
	(b)  The initiatives studied may include:                                      
		(1)  possible coordination with:                                              
			(A)  the Texas Economic Development Bank to make 
certain property and casualty insurance an enterprise zone program 
under Chapter 2303, Government Code;  and
			(B)  Neighborhood Housing Service (NHS) programs 
to establish voluntary NHS-Insurance Industry Partnerships;
		(2)  possible insurance agent programs to increase 
minority agency access to standard insurance companies, including 
minority intern programs with insurance companies;
		(3)  possible tax incentives for insurance written in 
underserved areas;  and
		(4)  a consumer education program designed to increase 
the ability of consumers to differentiate among different products 
and providers in the property and casualty insurance market.

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 727, § 2, eff. April 1, 2007.