Sec. 493.152. COMPOSITION OF TRUST. (a) If the assuming insurer is a single insurer, the trust must:
(1) consist of a trusteed account representing the assuming insurer's liabilities attributable to business written in the United States; and
(2) include a trusteed surplus of at least $20 million.
(b) If the assuming insurer is a group of insurers that includes an unincorporated individual insurer:
(1) the trust must:
(A) consist of a trusteed account representing the group's liabilities attributable to business written in the United States; and
(B) include a trusteed surplus of at least $100 million; and
(2) the group shall make available to the department an annual certification by the group's domiciliary regulator and its independent public accountants of each underwriter's solvency.
(c) If the assuming insurer is a group of incorporated insurers under common administration that has continuously engaged in the business of insurance for at least three years, is under the supervision of the Department of Trade and Industry of the United Kingdom, and has an aggregate policyholders' surplus of $10 billion:
(1) the trust must:
(A) consist of a trusteed account representing the group's several liabilities attributable to business written in the United States under reinsurance contracts issued in the name of the group; and
(B) include a trusteed surplus of not less than $100 million held jointly for the benefit of United States insurers that have ceded business to any member of the group; and
(2) each member of the group shall make available to the department an annual certification by the member's domiciliary regulator and its independent public accountants of each member's solvency.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 727 (H.B. 2017), Sec. 1, eff. April 1, 2007.
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