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Texas Insurance Code - INS § 403.002. Dividends to Policyholders in Commercial Lines

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) An insurer may pay to a commercial policyholder or group of commercial policyholders a dividend that covers more than one class or line of commercial business only:

(1) after the insurer establishes on an aggregate basis adequate loss reserves for the classes or lines of commercial insurance included within the dividend;  and

(2) if the insurer has sufficient surplus from which to pay the dividend.

(b) Not later than the 15th day before an insurer pays a dividend described by Subsection (a), the insurer shall file with the department notice of the insurer's intent to pay the dividend.

(c) The classes or lines of commercial business for which dividends are authorized under this section include any commercial class or line of commercial business regulated by Title 10  1 or Chapter 5.

(d) An insurer's limitation of a dividend on one or more classes or lines of commercial business to a group of commercial policyholders is not unfair discrimination if the group:

(1) has clearly identifiable underwriting characteristics;  or

(2) is an association or group of business entities engaged in similar undertakings.

1  V.T.C.A., Insurance Code § 1801.001 et seq.
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