Tex. Insurance Code § 882.561
This is the official text of Tex. Insurance Code § 882.561, part of Texas’s Insurance Code — regulates insurance companies and the policies they sell.
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§ 882.561. ASSUMPTION OF OUTSTANDING INSURANCE POLICIES.
Official statutory text
(a) On the effective date of a merger or consolidation under this subchapter, a new or surviving life insurance company resulting from the merger or consolidation assumes each insurance policy outstanding against each company that merges or consolidates on the same terms and under the same conditions as if the policy had continued in force through the original company.
(b) The new or surviving insurance company shall implement the terms of the policy.
(c) The new or surviving insurance company is entitled to:
(1) all rights and privileges under the policy; and
(2) all reserves and surplus that accumulated on the policy before the merger or consolidation.
(d) A policyholder of a mutual life insurance company that is a party to a merger or consolidation resulting in a new or surviving stock life insurance company is not entitled to any voting rights in the new or surviving company.
(b) The new or surviving insurance company shall implement the terms of the policy.
(c) The new or surviving insurance company is entitled to:
(1) all rights and privileges under the policy; and
(2) all reserves and surplus that accumulated on the policy before the merger or consolidation.
(d) A policyholder of a mutual life insurance company that is a party to a merger or consolidation resulting in a new or surviving stock life insurance company is not entitled to any voting rights in the new or surviving company.
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