Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
INSURANCE CODE |
Title 4. REGULATION OF SOLVENCY |
Subtitle B. RESERVES AND INVESTMENTS |
Chapter 424. INVESTMENTS FOR CERTAIN INSURERS |
Subchapter B. INVESTMENT OF FUNDS IN EXCESS OF MINIMUM CAPITAL AND SURPLUS |
Sec. 424.060. AUTHORIZED INVESTMENTS: STOCK OF NATIONAL OR STATE BANK
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(a) An insurer may invest the insurer's funds in excess of minimum capital and surplus in the stock of:
(1) a national bank; or
(2) a state bank of this state whose deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a)(2):
(1) not more than 35 percent of the total outstanding stock of a single state bank may be purchased by a single insurer; and
(2) if an insurer has invested the insurer's funds in 35 percent of a state bank's stock under this section, no other insurer may invest funds in the bank's remaining stock.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 727 , Sec. 1, eff. April 1, 2007.