Sec. 1901.051. CONSIDERATIONS IN SETTING RATES

(a) In setting rates, an insurer shall consider:

(1) past and prospective loss and expense experience for all professional liability insurance for physicians and health care providers written in this state, subject to Subsection (b);

(2) a reasonable margin for underwriting profit and contingencies;

(3) investment income; and

(4) dividends or savings allowed or returned by the insurer to the insurer's policyholders or members.

(b) If the department finds that the group or risk to be insured is not of sufficient size to be credible, an insurer must also consider in setting rates past and prospective loss and expense experience for all professional liability insurance for physicians and health care providers written outside this state.

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 727 , Sec. 2, eff. April 1, 2007.