Data call for 2022 property direct written premium in the Texas catastrophe area

Home Bulletins Commissioner bulletins – 2023 B-0004-23 May 31, 2023 To:   Companies writing commercial property or businessowners insurance in Texas and certain farm mutuals writing property insurance Re:   Data call for 2022 property direct written premium in the Texas catastrophe area Reporting period: January 1, 2022, to December 31, 2022 The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) issues the attached special data call, which is authorized by Insurance Code Section 2210.052 . The data call is necessary to supplement TDI's statistical information and to enable the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) to calculate participation shares for assessments, should they be required in 2023. The data may also be used in 2024 before data for 2023 is available. Responses to the data call are due no later than June 30, 2023. Applicability Your company must respond to this data call if it falls within one of the categories described below. A company subject to this data call must submit the data call form and affidavit to TDI even if the company does not write any applicable business in the Texas catastrophe area. TDI will email this data call only to companies that fall into one of these categories: Category 1: Companies reporting 2022 Texas commercial property or businessowners statistical data to TDI's commercial lines statistical agent, Insurance Services Office Inc. (ISO), under a minimum or limited reporting format that does not include place-code- or ZIP-code-level detail. This category specifically includes companies reporting under the TDI minimum reporting guidelines for commercial lines statistical reporting. Category 2: Companies reporting 2022 Texas commercial property or businessowners statistical data to ISO, under a full reporting plan format in which all four quarters of 2022 data have not been fully accepted by ISO as of March 2, 2023. Companies in this category must report premiums for the entire year, not just the quarters of 2022 that ISO has not fully accepted. Category 3: Farm mutual insurance companies acting as fronting insurers, as defined by Insurance Code Section 221.001(c) , that wrote property insurance in 2022. Submission requirements You must complete the data call using the TWIA Data Call Form. This form requires Adobe Acrobat Standard 9.0, Adobe Professional 9.0, Adobe Reader 9.0, or a more recent version. Complete and email or fax the TWIA Data Call Affidavit separately from the Data Call Form. TDI may ask for more information about your responses. If you have questions about this data call or need more information, see the TWIA Data Call Instructions or contact TDI's Data Services team at DataCall@tdi.texas.gov or 512-676-6690. TWIA Data Call Instructions TWIA Data Call Form TWIA Data Call Affidavit For more information, contact: DataCall@tdi.texas.gov Last updated: 5/31/2023