Tex. Insurance Code § 883.155
This is the official text of Tex. Insurance Code § 883.155, part of Texas’s Insurance Code — regulates insurance companies and the policies they sell.
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§ 883.155. ISSUANCE OF POLICY FOR CASH PREMIUM ONLY.
Official statutory text
(a) A domestic mutual insurance company may not issue an insurance policy for a cash premium only unless:
(1) the company possesses surplus above all liabilities in an amount at least equal to the minimum capital and surplus required of a stock insurance company engaging in the same kinds of insurance;
(2) the company files with the department:
(A) an application for the issuance of this type of policy; and
(B) a certified copy of the resolution of the company's board of directors authorizing the issuance; and
(3) the commissioner approves the documents filed under Subdivision (2).
(b) A mutual insurance company that issues a policy for a cash premium only may waive all contingent premiums in any outstanding policies.
(c) A foreign mutual insurance company authorized to engage in the business of insurance in this state may issue an insurance policy for a cash premium only and may waive contingent premiums on any of its outstanding policies in the same manner and subject to the same requirements as a mutual insurance company under this section that is engaged in the same kinds of insurance.
(1) the company possesses surplus above all liabilities in an amount at least equal to the minimum capital and surplus required of a stock insurance company engaging in the same kinds of insurance;
(2) the company files with the department:
(A) an application for the issuance of this type of policy; and
(B) a certified copy of the resolution of the company's board of directors authorizing the issuance; and
(3) the commissioner approves the documents filed under Subdivision (2).
(b) A mutual insurance company that issues a policy for a cash premium only may waive all contingent premiums in any outstanding policies.
(c) A foreign mutual insurance company authorized to engage in the business of insurance in this state may issue an insurance policy for a cash premium only and may waive contingent premiums on any of its outstanding policies in the same manner and subject to the same requirements as a mutual insurance company under this section that is engaged in the same kinds of insurance.
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