Sec. 887.306. ASSESSMENT-AS-NEEDED ASSOCIATIONS: PAYMENTS ON CERTAIN INSURANCE CERTIFICATES. (a) This section applies only to an association operating on an assessment-as-needed basis.
(b) If the members' payments on insurance certificates issued and in force before May 12, 1939, or on the reinsurance or renewals of those certificates, are not sufficient to pay matured death and disability claims in the maximum amount stated in the certificates and to provide for the creation and maintenance of the funds required by the association's bylaws, the association may, with the commissioner's approval and after proper hearing before the commissioner, provide for meeting the deficiency by additional, increased, or extra rates of payment.
(c) The association may give the members the option of agreeing to reduced maximum benefits or making increased payments.
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 887 - Provisions Applicable to Certain Mutual Assessment Companies
Subchapter G. Assessments and Revenue
Section 887.301. Assessments Required
Section 887.302. Authority to Increase Assessment Rates on Certain Insurance Certificates
Section 887.303. Approval Required for Certain Rate Increases
Section 887.304. Limit on Rate Increases
Section 887.305. Expense Loading on Certain Insurance Certificates
Section 887.306. Assessment-as-Needed Associations: Payments on Certain Insurance Certificates
Section 887.307. Revenue of Association; Deposit
Section 887.308. Suspension of Member for Nonpayment
Section 887.309. Failure to Comply With Certain Commissioner Orders