The Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLTX) says it recorded $513.68 million in Texas excess and surplus lines insurance premium in November 2019. This total continues the year’s trend of each month in 2019 setting record highs for that …
The Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLTX) has named Cheyenne Herrera director of Operations. Herrera originally joined SLTX in 1998 as a data entry clerk. She oversaw the implementation of the Electronic Filing System (EFS) beginning in 2003 and …
The organization that keeps track of excess and surplus policies sold in Texas says the number of E&S flood insurance policies in place in the state’s coastal counties declined after Hurricane Harvey hit in August 2017. In the months after …
Two pieces of legislation impacting the surplus lines insurance industry in Texas have been passed by state lawmakers and are headed to the governor’s desk, the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLTX) reported. Both bills, HB 1306 and HB …
The Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLTX) reported that several bills that would affect the surplus lines insurance industry in the state have advanced in the state Legislature. HB 1940, relating to the eligibility of surplus lines insurers to …
The Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLTX) reported that the state recorded $6.08 billion in excess and surplus insurance premium for 2018, representing an 11.4 percent growth over 2017. Certain coverages have continued an upward trend of increased premium. …
New rules for the Texas surplus lines insurance industry are coming into effect at the end of 2018 and beginning of 2019. According to the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLTX), one of the most pressing changes concerns the …
At the end of November, the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLTX) had recorded $5.57 billion in Texas surplus lines premium, exceeding the $5.46 billion total reported for the full-year of 2017. This represents a 2.17 percent increase over …
The Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLTX) plans to launch “SMART,” its new online filing system in 2019. SLTX unveiled the new online system in a video presentation at the Texas Surplus Lines Association 2018 Annual Meeting in Austin …
The Houston City Council voted unanimously to purchase $30 million in cyber insurance coverage at a total premium cost of $471,000. The policy provides first-party coverage for the city’s operations, third-party coverage for the city’s liability to others, and coverage …
