Tex. Insurance Code § 1104.021
This is the official text of Tex. Insurance Code § 1104.021, part of Texas’s Insurance Code — regulates insurance companies and the policies they sell.
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§ 1104.021. TRUSTEE NAMED AS BENEFICIARY IN POLICY.
Official statutory text
(a) An individual may make a trust agreement providing that the proceeds of a life insurance policy insuring the individual be made payable to a trustee named as beneficiary in the policy. The validity of a trust agreement or declaration of trust that is designated as a beneficiary of a life insurance policy is not affected by whether any corpus of the trust exists in addition to the right of the trustee to receive insurance proceeds.
(b) Life insurance policy proceeds described by Subsection (a) shall be paid to the trustee. The trustee shall hold and dispose of the proceeds as provided by the trust agreement.
(b) Life insurance policy proceeds described by Subsection (a) shall be paid to the trustee. The trustee shall hold and dispose of the proceeds as provided by the trust agreement.
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