Tex. Insurance Code § 422.051
This is the official text of Tex. Insurance Code § 422.051, part of Texas’s Insurance Code — regulates insurance companies and the policies they sell.
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§ 422.051. RESTRICTIONS ON ENCUMBRANCE OF ASSETS.
Official statutory text
(a) An insurer shall at all times maintain unencumbered assets in an amount equal to the insurer's policy reserve liabilities.
(b) An insurer may not pledge or otherwise encumber:
(1) the insurer's assets in an amount that exceeds the amount of the insurer's capital and surplus; or
(2) more than 10 percent of the insurer's reserve assets.
(b-1) The calculation of the quantitative limits in Subsections (a) and (b) must be based on the statutory financial statements for the insurer most recently filed with the department as of the date compliance is determined. The date that a pledge or encumbrance is made is the date used to determine compliance with the limits in Subsection (b).
(b-2) Compliance with the quantitative limits in Subsection (b) is achieved when, on the date of determination of compliance, the sum of the value of a proposed pledge or encumbrance, when added to the values of the sum of all previous and still outstanding pledges and encumbrances, does not exceed any quantitative limit in Subsection (b).
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, on application made to the commissioner, the commissioner may issue a written order approving the pledge or encumbrance of an insurer's asset in any amount if the commissioner determines that the pledge or encumbrance will not adversely affect the insurer's solvency.
(b) An insurer may not pledge or otherwise encumber:
(1) the insurer's assets in an amount that exceeds the amount of the insurer's capital and surplus; or
(2) more than 10 percent of the insurer's reserve assets.
(b-1) The calculation of the quantitative limits in Subsections (a) and (b) must be based on the statutory financial statements for the insurer most recently filed with the department as of the date compliance is determined. The date that a pledge or encumbrance is made is the date used to determine compliance with the limits in Subsection (b).
(b-2) Compliance with the quantitative limits in Subsection (b) is achieved when, on the date of determination of compliance, the sum of the value of a proposed pledge or encumbrance, when added to the values of the sum of all previous and still outstanding pledges and encumbrances, does not exceed any quantitative limit in Subsection (b).
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, on application made to the commissioner, the commissioner may issue a written order approving the pledge or encumbrance of an insurer's asset in any amount if the commissioner determines that the pledge or encumbrance will not adversely affect the insurer's solvency.
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