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Texas Insurance Code

§ 841.302 — LIMITS ON LIFE OR ACCIDENTAL DEATH INSURANCE

IN § 841.302Title 6. ORGANIZATION OF INSURERS AND RELATED ENTITIES · Part C. LIFE, HEALTH, AND ACCIDENT INSURERS AND RELATED ENTITIES · Ch. 841. LIFE, HEALTH, OR ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANIES · Art. G. ISSUANCE OF POLICIES

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(a)Until the amount of the capital and surplus of a domestic insurance company is at least $100,000, the company may not insure any one life for more than $20,000 in the event of death from natural causes or more than $40,000 in the event of death from accidental causes.
(b)If the net capital and surplus of a domestic insurance company is at least $75,001 but less than $100,000, the company, for any policy issued by the company, shall reinsure the amount of the benefit that exceeds $4,000 in the event of death from natural causes and the amount of the benefit that exceeds $8,000 in the event of death from accidental causes.
(c)If the net capital and surplus of a domestic insurance company is at least $50,001 but less than $75,001, the company, for any policy issued by the company, shall reinsure the amount of the benefit that exceeds $3,000 in the event of death from natural causes and the amount of the benefit that exceeds $6,000 in the event of death from accidental causes.
(d)If the net capital and surplus of a domestic insurance company is at least $35,001 but less than $50,001, the company, for any policy issued by the company, shall reinsure the amount of the benefit that exceeds $2,000 in the event of death from natural causes and the amount of the benefit that exceeds $4,000 in the event of death from accidental causes.
(e)If the net capital and surplus of a domestic insurance company is $35,000 or less, the company, for any policy issued by the company, shall reinsure the amount of the benefit that exceeds $1,000 in the event of death from natural causes and the amount of the benefit that exceeds $2,000 in the event of death from accidental causes.
(f)Benefits under this section must be reinsured with a legal reserve company that is authorized to engage in the business of insurance in this state.

Legislative history

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