Sec. 882.401. AMOUNT OF CONTINGENCY RESERVE. (a) A mutual life insurance company organized under this chapter may maintain a contingency reserve that exceeds the reserves and liabilities provided by this chapter. The amount of the contingency reserve may not exceed the greater of:
(1) $10,000;
(2) an amount that:
(A) equals 20 percent of the company's policy reserves and policy liabilities plus one percent of the amount of the company's life insurance in force; and
(B) does not exceed $750,000; or
(3) an amount that equals 20 percent of the company's policy reserves and policy liabilities.
(b) In determining the amount of a company's policy reserves and policy liabilities for purposes of this section, the company may only include the following, after deducting the net value of the company's risks reinsured by other solvent assuming insurers:
(1) the company's reserves on outstanding life insurance policies and annuity contracts, contracts issued as supplemental to the policies or contracts or in connection with the policies or contracts or provisions included in policies or contracts that insure against disability or accidental death; and
(2) the company's liabilities for:
(A) optional modes of settlement; or
(B) dividends left on deposit at interest.
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 E - Mutual and Fraternal Companies and Related Entities
Chapter 882 - Mutual Life Insurance Companies
Subchapter I. Contingency Reserve
Section 882.401. Amount of Contingency Reserve
Section 882.402. Excess Contingency Reserve
Section 882.403. Contingency Reserve Requirements
Section 882.404. Allocation of Contingency Reserve to Unencumbered Surplus
Section 882.405. Designation of Contingency Reserve as Unassigned Surplus