The types of records present include legal documents, correspondence, memoranda, insurance records, Board Orders, and telegrams of the Texas State Board of Insurance dating from 1957 to 1968. To preserve original agency differentiation, files in this series were kept under original headings of Appeals and Hearings before the Board and Files for Appeals and Hearings.

Files under Appeals and Hearings before the Board cover a broad range of subjects including, for example, applications for approval of rate increases or mergers between insurance companies or appeals from commissioner's rulings and interpretations.

Files for Appeals and Hearings, for the years 1965 to 1968, have a narrower scope dealing almost exclusively with applications to the board by insurance companies for approval of increases in premium rates and plans for reduction in Permissive Deficiency Reserves (PDR). In order to be granted a certificate of authority or to continue its certificate of authority in force, an insurance company must show the board that it maintains in reserve sufficient funds to meet requirements set forth in articles of the Texas Insurance Code. If it does not meet these requirements, it must present the board with an acceptable plan for a reduction in its PDR.

Records consist of orders, minutes and rulings together with attendant correspondence and memoranda concerning a wide range of Texas State Board of Insurance duties and responsibilities. The records date from 1927 to 1960. For example, the board must review and analyze all new and revised policy forms offered by licensed entities in Texas. It is responsible for issuing and renewing all licenses and certificates of authority. It must monitor the solvency and business affairs of all insurance companies licensed in Texas and perform financial examinations to determine the financial condition of corporations, firms, and persons writing any kind of insurance in this state, including their ability to meet all their obligations. Its approval must be sought, for example, in merger agreements and dissolution proceedings. It analyzes the annual statements required of all companies licensed to do business in Texas. It investigates complaints against companies and agents, as well as entities accused of conducting insurance business without authorization. It also reviews insurance company advertising to determine compliance with board rules. After due consideration the board then issues orders, rulings or minutes of official action stating their decision.

Records consist largely of letters, correspondence, memoranda, meeting transcripts, telegrams and newsclippings concerning a wide range of concerns of the Texas State Board of Insurance. The subject files date from 1953 to 1970. Considered, for example, are victim compensation (of violent crimes), reports of building and maintenance problems, letters of resignation, requests for information, applications for deviations in insurance rates, complaints, conflicts, liquidation of insolvent insurance companies, hearing files and correspondence on workers' compensation, and comments and proposals concerning insurance matters.