A licensed Texas life and health agent whose address of record with TDI is her Houston office moves her principal business address to San Antonio. Under TIC 4001.252, what is the agent required to do?

Why B is correct

TIC 4001.252 requires a license holder to notify the Department of a change of address. TDI uses the address of record to send renewal notices, continuing-education deficiency notices and disciplinary process, so a stale address can cost an agent the chance to respond at all. A move does not void the license and does not wait until renewal, and the duty belongs to the agent rather than to the appointing insurer.

Why the other options are wrong

• A) The duty runs from the license holder to TDI, not through the appointing insurer.
• C) The change must be reported when it happens, not held until the next renewal.
• D) Relocating does not void a Texas license; only a notification to TDI is required.

Memory hook

New address? Tell TDI now, don't wait for renewal.

Why C is correct

Under TIC 4001.252, a license holder must notify the Department of a change of address so that the Department's licensing record always shows where the licensee can be reached. Practical consequence: examination correspondence, notices of hearing, and orders sent to a stale address still count as delivered, so a licensee who fails to update the record can miss a hearing notice and be disciplined without ever appearing.

Why the other options are wrong

• A) A move does not void the license. The license continues in force; only the address on the Department's record changes.
• B) A change of legal name carries its own separate notification duty, but it is not a condition on the duty to report a change of address.
• D) The insurer's records are not the Department's records; TDI's licensing file controls and must be updated by the licensee directly.

Memory hook

When you move, you tell TDI, because the license travels but the address does not.

Why C is correct

Under TIC 4001.252, a license holder must notify TDI of a change of address, including the mailing address, email address and principal business location, so that TDI can deliver renewal notices and other official correspondence. Reporting the change to appointing insurers does not satisfy the statutory duty, and a move within Texas does not require a new license because a Texas agent license is effective statewide rather than county by county.

Why the other options are wrong

• A) TDI, not the appointing insurers, is the party entitled to receive the notice of a change of address.
• B) The duty to report runs from the change itself, not from the next renewal cycle.
• D) A Texas license is statewide; an in-state move does not invalidate it or require a new application.

Memory hook

Move, then tell TDI — the address on file is how your renewal finds you.