ASI Lloyds Insurance Company v. Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, and the Honorable Cassie Brown, in Her Official Capacity As, Commissioner, Texas Department of Insurance

CourtCourt of Appeals of Texas
DecidedJanuary 10, 2025
Docket15-24-00083-CV
StatusPublished

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ACCEPTED 15-24-00083-CV FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 1/10/2025 11:45 AM No. 15-24-00083-CV CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE CLERK _______________________________________________________________ FILED IN 15th COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS In the 1/10/2025 11:45:54 AM CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE

Fifteenth Court of Appeals Clerk

_________________________________________________________________ ASI Lloyds Insurance Company, Appellant v. Texas Windstorm Insurance Association and Hon. Cassie Brown in her Official Capacity as Commissioner, Texas Department of Insurance, Appellees __________________________________________________________________ APPELLEE TEXAS WINDSTORM INSURANCE ASSOCIATION’S BRIEF __________________________________________________________________

Michael S. Wilson State Bar No. 21704810 mwilson@perkinslawtx.com Adrienne L. Barclay State Bar No. 24065955 abarclay@perkinslawtx.com PERKINS LAW GROUP PLLC One Far West Plaza, Suite 200 3410 Far West Boulevard Austin, Texas 78731 Telephone: (512) 717-3467 Fax: (512) 551-9895 Counsel for Appellee Texas Windstorm Insurance Association IDENTITY OF PARTIES AND COUNSEL

Appellant/Plaintiff: ASI Lloyds Insurance Company

Appellate Counsel: Wade C. Crosnoe THOMPSON, COE, COUSINS & IRONS, L.L.P. 2801 Via Fortuna, Suite 300 Austin, Texas 78746 (512) 703-5060 Telephone (512) 708-8777 Facsimile wcrosnoe@thompsoncoe.com

Trial and Appellate Counsel: Jay A. Thompson MITCHELL, WILLIAMS, SELIG, GATES & WOODYARD, P.L.L.C. 500 W. 5th St., Suite 1150 Austin, Texas 78701 (512) 480-5104 Telephone jthompson@mwlaw.com

Appellee/Defendant: Texas Windstorm Insurance Association Trial and Appellate Counsel:

Michael S. Wilson State Bar No. 21704810 mwilson@perkinslawtx.com Adrienne L. Barclay State Bar No. 24065955 abarclay@perkinslawtx.com PERKINS LAW GROUP PLLC One Far West Plaza, Suite 200 3410 Far West Boulevard Austin, Texas 78731 (512) 717-3467 Telephone (512) 551-9895 Facsimile

ii Appellee/Defendant: Hon. Cassie Brown, in her official capacity as Commissioner, Texas Department of Insurance

c/o Texas Department of Insurance Chief Clerk Office ChiefClerk@tdi.texas.gov Mail code GC-CCO P.O. Box 12030 Austin, Texas 78711-2030

Appellate Commissioner Counsel:

Ken Paxton Attorney General

Brent Webster First Assistant Attorney General

Aaron L. Nielson Solicitor General

Cory A. Scanlon Assistant Solicitor General Office of the Attorney General of Texas P.O. Box 12548 (MC 059) Austin, Texas 78711-2548 (512) 936-1820 Telephone cory.scanlon@oag.texas.gov

Commissioner Trial Counsel: Terry M. Abernathy, Assistant Attorney General State Bar No. 24062894 terri.abernathy@oag.texas.gov General Litigation Division P.O. Box 12548 Austin, Texas 78711 (512) 936-0562 Telephone

iii Rosalind Hunt, Assistant Attorney General State Bar No. 24067108 rosalind.hunt@oag.texas.gov Administrative Law Division P.O. Box 12548 Austin, Texas 78711 (512) 475-4166 Telephone

iv TABLE OF CONTENTS

IDENTITY OF PARTIES AND COUNSEL ..............................................ii TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................ v INDEX OF AUTHORITIES ...................................................................... vi STATEMENT REGARDING ORAL ARGUMENT………………………..ix

RESPONSIVE ISSUES PRESENTED ..................................................... ix INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................... 1 STATEMENT OF FACTS .......................................................................... 1 SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT .................................................................... 6 ARGUMENT ............................................................................................... 8 I. Rule 5.4162(b) Is A Valid Administrative Rule …………………….…8 A. The Governing Statute…………………………………………..…..…8 B. The Governing Rules……………………………………………….…14 C. ASI Was Assessed In Compliance With The TWIA Act……….…16 D. Rule 5.4162(b) Remains Valid………………..……………………...18 II. The Trial Court’s Jurisdiction………………………………………..…33

CONCLUSION AND PRAYER………………………………………….......39 CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE…………………………………….…...41 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE……………………………….……………….42 APPENDIX………………………………………….…………………………..44 1. Index of Exhibits in the Administrative Record……………………...44 2. Glossary of Terms………………………………………………………....45 3. 2011 Adopted Rule 5.4162, 36 Tex. Reg. 786-809……….……..…….46 4. 2010 Proposed Rule 5.4162, 35 Tex. Reg. 6611-6630…….…….…….47

v INDEX OF AUTHORITIES

Cases Page(s)

Graff Chevrolet, Inc. v. Tex. Motor Vehicle Bd., 60 S.W.3d 154, 159 (Tex. App.—Austin 2001 pet. denied) ……………………………………….……18

R.R. Comm’n of Tex. v. Torch Operating Co., 912 S.W.2d 790 (Tex. 1995) ……………………………………………………………………….…………..18

TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Co. v. Combs, 340 S.W.3d 432, 438 (Tex. 2011) …………………………………………………………….……………………..13

Heritage on San Gabriel Homeowners Ass’n v. Tex. Comm’n on Env’t Quality, 393 S.W.3d 417, 424-35 (Tex. App.—Austin 2012, pet. den’d.) ………………………………………………………………………………...…13

Railroad Comm’n of Tex. v. Texas Citizens for a Safe Future & Clean Water, 336 S.W.3d 619, 628 (Tex. 2011) …………………………………...20

Tex. Catastrophe Prop. Ins. Ass’n v. Council of Co-Owners of Saida II Towers Condo. Ass’n, 706 S.W2d 644, 645-66 (Tex. 1986) ………...……………………………………………………………….……...…35

Dubai Petroleum Co. v. Kazi, 12 S.W. 3d.71, 76-77 (Tex. 2000) ……35, 36

Mingus v. Wadley, 285 S.W. 1084 (Tex. 1926) ……………………………37

Mosely v. Texas Health and Human Services Commission, 593 S.W.3d 250, 261 fn.3 (Tex. 2019) ……………………………………………………..37

Tex. Windstorm Ins. Ass’n. v. Boys & Girls Club of Coastal Bend, Inc., 2020 WL 6072624 at *5 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi-Edinburg, 9/24/2020) …………………………………………………………...…………37

Housing & Comm. Servs., Inc. v. Tex. Windstorm Ins. Ass’n., 515 S.W.3d 906, (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi-Edinburg 2017, no pet.) ……………..37

vi Fiess v. State Farm Lloyds, 202 S.W.3d 744, 747-48 (Tex. 2006)………..21

First Am. Title Ins. Co. v. Combs, 258 S.W.3d 627, 632 (Tex. 2008)…….21

Rowden v. Tex. Catastrophe Prop. Ins. Ass’n, 677 S.W.2d 83, 87 (Tex. App. – Corpus Christi 1984, writ ref’d n.r.e.)……………………………...36

Statutes

Tex. Govt. Code Chapter 2001…………………...……………………..31, 36 Tex. Govt. Code §§ 2001.0225 - .034 …………………………..….………..31 Tex. Govt. Code § 2001.035 …………………….………………………........31 Tex. Govt. Code § 2001.038 ………………..……..………………...31, 33, 34 Tex. Govt. Code § 2001.039 …………………….………………………........31 Tex. Govt.

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Fiess v. State Farm Lloyds
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