Sec. 1952.055.  CERTIFICATE OF INSURANCE AS SUBSTITUTE FOR INSURANCE POLICY.  (a)  An insurer that complies with applicable requirements may issue and deliver a certificate of insurance as a substitute for issuing and delivering an insurance policy adopted or approved by the commissioner.  The certificate must:
(1)  be in the form prescribed by the commissioner;  and
(2)  refer to and identify the policy form for which the certificate is substituted.
(b)  A certificate under this section represents the insurance policy and, when issued, is evidence that the certificate holder is insured under the identified policy form.  The certificate is subject to the same limitations, conditions, coverages, selection of options, and other provisions provided in the policy, and the certificate must show and adequately reference that policy information.  The certificate or subsequent attachments to the certificate must refer to all endorsements to the policy.
(c)  A certificate under this section must be executed in the same manner as though an insurance policy were issued.  If an insurer substitutes a certificate for a policy, the insurer shall simultaneously provide the insured receiving the certificate with an outline of coverages in the form and content approved by the commissioner.  At the insured's request, the insurer shall provide the insured with a copy of the policy.
(d)  The commissioner may adopt rules necessary to implement this section, including a rule limiting the application of this section to private passenger automobile insurance policies.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 727 (H.B. 2017), Sec. 2, eff. April 1, 2007.