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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
When two or more companies authorized to write fidelity, guaranty, and surety insurance in this state merge or consolidate and, incident to the merger or consolidation, enter into a total reinsurance contract under which the merged or ceding company is dissolved and that company's assets are acquired and liabilities are assumed by the new or surviving company, the commissioner, on finding that the contracting companies have on deposit with the comptroller two or more deposits made for the same or similar purposes under former Article 7.03, repealed by Chapter 388, Acts of the 55th Legislature, Regular Session, 1957, or under Section 861.252, shall authorize the comptroller to:
(1) retain for a single purpose only the deposit of the greatest amount and value; and
(2) permit the new or surviving company, on proper showing that there is duplication of deposits and that the new or surviving company is the owner of those deposits, to withdraw a duplicate or excessive deposit.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Texas Insurance Code - INS § 3503.201. Merger or Consolidation of Certain Companies - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/tx/insurance-code/ins-sect-3503-201/
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