(a) Approval required. A certificate of insurance issued on property or casualty operations or a risk located in Texas, regardless of where the certificate holder, policyholder, insurer, or agent is located, must be on a form that has been filed and approved before use.
(b) Filing content. All filings for new or amended certificate of insurance forms submitted under Insurance Code Chapter 1811, concerning Certificates of Property and Casualty Insurance, must comply with the filing requirements in this division, any other applicable rules the Commissioner has adopted, and any applicable Commissioner's orders.
  (1) All filings must contain transmittal information as required by §5.9373 of this title (relating to Certificate of Insurance Form Filing Transmittal Information).
  (2) All filings must contain a copy of the subject certificate of insurance form. For identification purposes, the certificate of insurance must contain a form number and edition date.
(c) Combined filings. Do not combine a certificate of insurance form filing with any other filing types.
(d) Filing submission.
  (1) TDI will accept a filing required under this division:
    (A) by mail;
    (B) by hand delivery;
    (C) by email; or
    (D) through SERFF.
  (2) Mailing addresses and other contact information are available on the Property and Casualty Certificates of Insurance web page on TDI's website.
  (3) TDI will not collect a filing fee for a certificate of insurance filing.
(e) Public inspection of filing.
  (1) A certificate of insurance form and any supporting information filed with TDI under this division is open to public inspection as of the date of the filing.
  (2) To the extent that a filing includes company contact information, the company affirmatively consents to the release and disclosure of its company contact information, including any email addresses.

Source Note: The provisions of this §5.9372 adopted to be effective March 13, 2013, 38 TexReg 1693; amended to be effective July 28, 2019, 44 TexReg 3640; amended to be effective January 8, 2024, 49 TexReg 41