Sec. 2006.052.  OPTIONAL PREMIUM DISCOUNT.  (a)  Except as provided by Section 2006.053, an insurer that issues a residential property insurance policy may:
(1)  discount the premiums that would otherwise be charged for the policy by not less than three percent if the policyholder:
(A)  has continuously been a residential property insurance policyholder with the insurer or an affiliate of the insurer; and
(B)  has not filed a residential property insurance claim during the three years before the effective date of the policy; and
(2)  increase the amount of the discount by one percent for each subsequent year in which the policyholder:
(A)  has been a residential property insurance policyholder with the insurer or an affiliate of the insurer; and
(B)  has not filed a residential property insurance claim.
(b)  This section applies to an insurer that uses a tier classification or discount program that has a premium consequence based in whole or in part on claims experience, regardless of whether any of the policies that continuously covered the policyholder was a different kind of residential property insurance policy from the policy eligible for the premium discount.
(c)  A residential property insurance claim under this section does not include a claim:
(1)  resulting from a loss caused by natural causes;
(2)  that is filed but is not paid or payable under the policy; or
(3)  that an insurer is prohibited from using under Section 544.353.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 727 (H.B. 2017), Sec. 2, eff. April 1, 2007.
Amended by: 
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 730 (H.B. 2636), Sec. 3B.040(a), eff. September 1, 2007.
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 921 (H.B. 3167), Sec. 9.040(a), eff. September 1, 2007.