![]() ![]() ![]() The report found an unprecedented 1,400 percent increase in litigation in parts of the state that had been hit by devastating hailstorms. TDI’s recently issued report confirmed that the state is on the edge of an insurance crisis. In 2015, growing awareness of this issue led the Texas Legislature to direct the Texas Department of Insurance, or TDI, to conduct an in-depth study of both litigation and market data related to homeowners’ insurance. Their well-documented techniques - if left unchecked by the Texas Legislature - threaten to impact all Texans with higher insurance rates, fewer insurance choices and damaged dispute processes. But in recent years, a different kind of threat has emerged: a systematic effort by certain lawyers and their associates to abuse both the insurance claims system and the court system for narrow personal gain. The Texas homeowners’ insurance marketplace is always under stress from our state’s severe weather, from hail to tornadoes to wildfire, even to earthquakes.
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