TWIA Legislative Update
Essential Meeting Information:
  • The TWIA Board of Directors will meet in Austin on Tuesday, May 7, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. CT.
  • Access the meeting agenda.
  • Members of the public can provide written comments via email before the meeting or provide virtual or in-person comment during the meeting.

Greetings:

The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association Board of Directors will meet at the Hyatt Regency Austin on Tuesday, May 7, at 9:00 a.m. CT. The meeting agenda is available.

The Board will receive routine operational updates from Association staff and:
  • Receive an update on reinsurance and catastrophe funding for the 2024 storm season from Gallagher Re, the Association’s reinsurance broker.
  • Consider and take possible action on a line of credit to allow for an immediately available source of funds to pay claims in the event of a catastrophic storm impacting the Texas coast this year.
  • Consider and take possible action on vacancies on its committees.
The Board will not consider any action on rates at this meeting.

All meetings of the TWIA Board of Directors and its committees are open to the public. The public may attend and make public comment in person at the Hyatt Regency in Austin or virtually via Zoom. Board members and Association staff may participate in the meeting in person or virtually. The meeting will also be livestreamed on YouTube

Public Participation and Comment
TWIA is providing three methods for stakeholders to provide public comment to the Board of Directors:

1) Written Public Comment

Members of the public are invited to submit written comments via email at PublicComment@TWIA.org. Interested parties are encouraged to submit comments by noon on Friday, May 3, to enable the Board to receive and review them before the May 7 meeting. TWIA staff will provide the Board with all written comments regardless of when they are received.

Written comments submitted to TWIA are subject to the Texas Public Information Act. TWIA will post public comments received, with personally identifiable information redacted, at the bottom of this web post.

2) Virtual Verbal Public Comment via Zoom

Individuals wishing to make verbal public comment remotely during the meeting must register and log into the meeting via Zoom on a computer, tablet, smartphone, or telephone. Please make sure you have the latest version of Zoom on your device before joining the meeting. Learn how to update to the latest version of Zoom here.
  • You can register to attend the meeting via Zoom.
  • After registering for the meeting, you will receive a confirmation email with details on how to join the meeting from your preferred device.
  • This method of comment is audio only (no video).
3) In-Person Verbal Public Comment at the Hyatt Regency Austin

Individuals wishing to make in-person verbal public comment must attend the Board meeting at the Hyatt Regency Austin. TWIA staff will facilitate the public comment process.

The full address of the meeting location is:

Hyatt Regency Austin
208 Barton Springs Road
Austin, TX 78704

The meeting materials and archived recording for the Board meeting will be added to our Meeting Library after the meeting.

As a reminder, this message and all TWIA Legislative Updates are archived at www.TWIA.org/legislative.

Should you have any questions, please contact me at DDurden@twia.org or (512) 505-2255.

Sincerely,

David Durden
General Manager
Texas Windstorm Insurance Association
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