Sec. 841.253. LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY'S PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. (a) A life insurance company may declare or pay a dividend to its:
(1) policyholders only from the expense loading and profits made by the company; and
(2) shareholders only from the company's earned surplus, as defined by the commissioner.
(b) A life insurance company that is not showing a profit may pay a dividend on its participating policies from the expense loading on those policies.
(c) A life insurance company may not discriminate between policyholders in paying a dividend from the expense loading under this section.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2003.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 6 - Organization of Insurers and Related Entities
Subtitle C - Life, Health, and Accident Insurers and Related Entities
Chapter 841 - Life, Health, or Accident Insurance Companies
Subchapter F. General Powers, Duties, and Limitations
Section 841.251. Evidence of Expenditures
Section 841.252. Payments to Officers, Directors, and Employees
Section 841.253. Life Insurance Company's Payment of Dividends
Section 841.254. Transfer of Stock
Section 841.255. Annual Statement; Filing Fee
Section 841.256. Business in Separate Departments of Domestic Insurance Company
Section 841.257. Kinds of Business Limited
Section 841.258. Agents for Company That Ceases Writing New Business
Section 841.259. Activities of Directors and Officers