Tex. Insurance Code § 823.257
This is the official text of Tex. Insurance Code § 823.257, part of Texas’s Insurance Code — regulates insurance companies and the policies they sell.
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§ 823.257. DETERMINATION REQUIRED BEFORE INVESTMENT.
Official statutory text
(a) Whether an investment meets an applicable requirement of this subchapter shall be determined before the investment is made by applying that requirement as if the investment had been made.
(b) In making the determination under Subsection (a):
(1) the amount to be used for the total of previous investments in debt obligations is the principal balance outstanding on all of those obligations at the time of the determination;
(2) the amount to be used for previous investments in equity securities is the sum of values of each previous investment as of the day the previous investment was made; and
(3) any return of capital invested, not including dividends, shall be subtracted.
(b) In making the determination under Subsection (a):
(1) the amount to be used for the total of previous investments in debt obligations is the principal balance outstanding on all of those obligations at the time of the determination;
(2) the amount to be used for previous investments in equity securities is the sum of values of each previous investment as of the day the previous investment was made; and
(3) any return of capital invested, not including dividends, shall be subtracted.
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