Sec. 651.164. RESTRICTIONS ON PREMIUM FINANCE AGREEMENTS

(a) A premium finance agreement may not contain any provision under which, absent default by the insured, the insurance premium finance company holding the agreement may arbitrarily or without reasonable cause accelerate the maturity of all or any part of the amount owing under the agreement.

(b) For purposes of Subsection (a), reasonable cause includes a proceeding in bankruptcy, receivership, or insolvency instituted by or against the insured or the insolvency of or suspension of business or cessation of the right to engage in business by an insurer writing policies that are financed for the insured under the premium finance agreement.

(c) A license holder may not take:

(1) an instrument in which the insured waives any right accruing to the insured under this chapter;

(2) an instrument that has not been fully completed and executed by the insured;

(3) an assignment of wages as security for an insurance premium finance agreement entered into under this chapter;

(4) a lien on real property as security for a premium finance agreement entered into under this chapter, except any lien created by law on the recording of an abstract of judgment; or

(5) a confession of judgment or a power of attorney in favor of the license holder or a third person to confess judgment or to appear for an insured in a judicial proceeding.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 2, eff. April 1, 2005.