Tex. Ins. Code § 404.053 · Subchapter B. IMPAIRMENT OF STOCK OR SURPLUS
REMEDY FOR IMPAIRMENT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commissioner shall order an insurer to remedy an impairment of the insurer's surplus, aggregate surplus, or aggregate of guaranty fund and surplus, as applicable, by bringing the surplus to an acceptable level specified by the commissioner, or to cease engaging in business in this state, if the commissioner determines that:
(1) the surplus required by Section 822.054, 822.202, 822.203, 822.205, 822.210, 822.211, or 822.212 of a stock insurance company engaged in the kind of insurance business described by the company's certificate of authority:
(A) is impaired by more than 50 percent; or
(B) is less than the minimum level of surplus required by risk-based capital and surplus rules adopted by the commissioner; or
(2) the required aggregate of guaranty fund and surplus of a Lloyd's plan, or the required aggregate surplus of a reciprocal or interinsurance exchange or of a mutual company, other than a life insurance company, engaged in the kind of insurance business described by the insurer's certificate of authority:
(A) is impaired by more than 25 percent; or
(B) is less than the minimum level of surplus required by risk-based capital and surplus rules adopted by the commissioner.
(b) After issuing an order described by Subsection (a), the commissioner shall immediately institute any proceeding necessary to determine what further actions the commissioner will take in relation to the matter.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 727 (H.B. 2017), Sec. 1, eff. April 1, 2007.
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Insurance Code
- Tex. Ins. Code § 822.054CAPITAL STOCK AND SURPLUS REQUIREMENTS.Printed as Section 822.054, 822.202, 822.203, 822.205, 822.210, 822.211, or 822.212
- Tex. Ins. Code § 822.202FULL COVERAGE AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE; DETERMINATION OF AMOUNTS.Printed as Section 822.054, 822.202, 822.203, 822.205, 822.210, 822.211, or 822.212
- Tex. Ins. Code § 822.203CAPITAL REQUIRED GENERALLY.Printed as Section 822.054, 822.202, 822.203, 822.205, 822.210, 822.211, or 822.212
- Tex. Ins. Code § 822.205UNENCUMBERED SURPLUS OR GUARANTY FUND REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN INSURANCE COMPANIES.Printed as Section 822.054, 822.202, 822.203, 822.205, 822.210, 822.211, or 822.212
- Tex. Ins. Code § 822.210COMMISSIONER MAY REQUIRE LARGER CAPITAL AND SURPLUS AMOUNTS.Printed as Section 822.054, 822.202, 822.203, 822.205, 822.210, 822.211, or 822.212
- Tex. Ins. Code § 822.211ACTION OF COMMISSIONER WHEN CAPITAL OR SURPLUS REQUIREMENTS NOT SATISFIED.Printed as Section 822.054, 822.202, 822.203, 822.205, 822.210, 822.211, or 822.212
- Tex. Ins. Code § 822.212INCREASE OF CAPITAL AND SURPLUS.Printed as Section 822.054, 822.202, 822.203, 822.205, 822.210, 822.211, or 822.212
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