Tex. Ins. Code § 884.603 · Subchapter M. CONVERSION TO LEGAL RESERVE COMPANY
EXEMPTION FROM CAPITAL AND SURPLUS REQUIREMENTS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A stipulated premium company is exempt from the capital and surplus requirements of Section 884.601(a) if the company:
(1) was organized before September 1, 1989;
(2) possesses capital in an amount equal to at least $100,000 and unencumbered surplus in an amount equal to at least $100,000; and
(3) converted to a company that operates under Chapter 841 before September 1, 1999.
(b) A stipulated premium company that is exempt under Subsection (a) shall immediately increase its capital and surplus to amounts that satisfy Section 884.601(a) on:
(1) a change of control of at least 50 percent of the voting securities of the converted company; or
(2) if the converted company or the holding company that controls the converted company, if any, is not controlled by voting securities, a change of at least 50 percent of the ownership of the converted company or its holding company.
(c) For purposes of Subsection (b), a transfer of ownership that occurs because of death, regardless of whether the decedent died testate or intestate, may not be considered a change in the control of a converted stipulated premium company or holding company if ownership is transferred solely to one or more individuals, each of whom would be an heir of the decedent if the decedent had died intestate.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2003.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.884.htm
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