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About Us

Several Texas insurance companies joined together to form TCAIS, an organization concerned with educating Texans so that we can help find solutions for the issues affecting our state's home and auto insurance markets today.

Bio of Beaman Floyd, Director of TCAIS
Coalition Members
A Letter from our Director

Key Issues

The first step in making a difference in Texas insurance is learning the facts about how insurance works — from legislation and regulation to what you as a consumer can do to help control your rates.

Glossary of Insurance Terms

Information about your Credit

Protection of credit information
Insurance risk scores vs. Credit reports
Factors affecting your insurance premiums
Improving your credit

Tips to help you Find Insurance in Texas

Real Insurance Options for Texas Homeowners
Consumers: Finding Homeowner's Insurance
Real Estate Agents: Finding Homeowner's Insurance

Important Insurance Links

Principles & Solutions

TCAIS believes that we can find public-policy solutions that will improve insurance affordability and accessibility in Texas. Here is how we plan to do that.

Principles

Promoting Competition
Increasing Choice
Fighting Abuse

Key Actions

Proposed Guidelines for Insurance Regulation

Insurance lessons learned in other states

What works and what doesn't? Click on the following links to read about the competition and regulation lessons learned from other states’ insurance policy experiences.

Insurance Competition in South Carolina
Limiting Regulation in Massachusetts
Unintended Effects of Rate Regulation Done Wrong
Insurance Competition in Illinois
Insurance Overregulation in New Jersey

Legislative Information

Don't Just Get Mad, Get it Right... Reform Should Focus on Creating a Healthy, Stable, Competitive Market

Use this Legislative Lookup to find out who represents you in the Texas Senate, the Texas House of Representatives, the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate.

Media

News, press, and editorials related to Texas Insurance issues such as homeowner's insurance reform, credit scoring, and much more.

Press Releases
Editorials
News Clips
Media Contact Info

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