Sec. 981.058. ALIEN INSURERS: TRUST FUND REQUIREMENT  


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  • In addition to meeting the minimum capital and surplus requirements prescribed by Section 981.057, an alien surplus lines insurer must provide evidence that:

    (1) the insurer maintains in the United States an irrevocable trust fund in a Federal Reserve System member bank in an amount of at least $5.4 million for the protection of all its policyholders in the United States; and

    (2) the trust fund consists of:

    (A) cash;

    (B) securities;

    (C) letters of credit; or

    (D) investments of substantially the same character and quality as those that are eligible investments for the capital and statutory reserves of an insurer authorized to write similar kinds and classes of insurance in this state.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2003.