Sec. 982.105. CAPITAL STOCK AND SURPLUS REQUIREMENTS FOR LIFE, HEALTH, OR ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANIES. (a) A foreign or alien life insurance company, accident insurance company, life and accident insurance company, health and accident insurance company, or life, health, and accident insurance company is subject to Sections 841.054, 841.201, 841.204, 841.205, 841.207, 841.301, and 841.302. The department may not issue a certificate of authority to a foreign or alien stock insurance company, and the company may not engage in any business of life, health, or accident insurance in this state, unless the company possesses at least the minimum capital and surplus required for a similar domestic insurance company organized under Chapter 841 in similar circumstances. The minimum capital and surplus must be invested in the same character of investments as required for a domestic insurance company.
(b) The department may not issue a certificate of authority to a foreign or alien mutual insurance company, and the company may not engage in the business of life insurance in this state, unless the company possesses at least the minimum unencumbered surplus required by Chapter 882 for a similar domestic company in similar circumstances. The minimum unencumbered surplus must be invested in the same character of investments as required for a domestic insurance company.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2003.
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