Sec. 425.156. DISTRIBUTIONS, REINSURANCE, AND MERGER. (a) This subchapter does not prohibit an insurance company from acquiring additional obligations, securities, or other assets received as a dividend or as a distribution of assets.
(b) This subchapter does not apply to securities, obligations, or other assets accepted incident to the workout, adjustment, restructuring, or similar realization of any kind of previously authorized investment or transaction if the insurance company's board of directors or a committee appointed by the board of directors determines that acceptance of the securities, obligations, or other assets is in the company's best interests.
(c) This subchapter does not apply to assets acquired under a lawful agreement of bulk reinsurance, merger, or consolidation if the assets were legal and authorized investments for the ceding, merged, or consolidated insurance company.
(d) An obligation, security, or other asset acquired as permitted by this section is not required to be qualified under any other section of this subchapter.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 727 (H.B. 2017), Sec. 1, eff. April 1, 2007.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 4 - Regulation of Solvency
Subtitle B - Reserves and Investments
Chapter 425 - Reserves and Investments for Life Insurance Companies and Related Entities
Section 425.102. Inapplicability of Certain Law
Section 425.103. Applicability of Subchapter
Section 425.105. Written Investment Plan
Section 425.106. Investment Records; Demonstration of Compliance
Section 425.108. Authorized Investments and Transactions in General
Section 425.109. Authorized Investments: Government Obligations
Section 425.110. Authorized Investments: Obligations of and Other Investments in Business Entities
Section 425.112. Authorized Investments: Policy Loans
Section 425.113. Authorized Investments: Deposits in Certain Financial Institutions
Section 425.114. Authorized Investments: Insurance Company Investment Pools
Section 425.115. Authorized Investments: Equity Interests
Section 425.116. Authorized Investments: Preferred Stock
Section 425.117. Authorized Investments: Collateral Loans
Section 425.118. Authorized Investments: Obligations Secured by Real Property Loans
Section 425.1185. Authorized Investments: Mezzanine Real Estate Loans
Section 425.119. Authorized Investments: Real Property
Section 425.120. Authorized Investments: Oil, Gas, and Minerals
Section 425.122. Authorized Investments: Premium Loans
Section 425.123. Authorized Investments: Money Market Funds
Section 425.124. Authorized Investments: Risk Control Transactions
Section 425.125. Risk Control Transactions: Definitions
Section 425.126. Risk Control Transactions: Derivative Use Plan
Section 425.127. Risk Control Transactions: Internal Control Procedures
Section 425.128. Risk Control Transactions: Oversight by Commissioner
Section 425.129. Risk Control Transactions: Limitations on Income Generation Transactions
Section 425.130. Risk Control Transactions: Limitations on Replication Transactions
Section 425.131. Risk Control Transactions: Trading Requirements
Section 425.132. Risk Control Transactions: Offsetting Transactions
Section 425.151. Authorized Investments: Foreign Countries and United States Territories
Section 425.153. Authorized Investments: Certain Previously Authorized Investments
Section 425.154. Applicability of Percentage Authorizations and Limitations
Section 425.155. Qualification of Investments
Section 425.156. Distributions, Reinsurance, and Merger
Section 425.157. Aggregate Diversification Requirements
Section 425.158. Waiver by Commissioner of Quantitative Limitations
Section 425.159. Accounting Provisions
Section 425.160. Investments of Ceding Insurers
Section 425.161. Acting as Real Estate Broker or Salesperson Prohibited