(a) The commissioner shall annually value, or cause to be valued, the reserves for all outstanding life insurance contracts, annuity and pure endowment contracts, accident and health contracts, and deposit-type contracts of each company issued on or after the operative date of the valuation manual.
(b) In lieu of the valuation of the reserves required of a foreign or alien company, the commissioner may accept a valuation made, or caused to be made, by the insurance supervisory official of another state if the valuation complies with the minimum standard provided by this subchapter.

Terms Used In Texas Insurance Code 425.0535

  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • Company: means an entity that:
    (A) has written, issued, or reinsured life insurance contracts, accident and health insurance contracts, or deposit-type contracts in this state and has at least one such policy in force or on claim; or
    (B) has written, issued, or reinsured life insurance contracts, accident and health insurance contracts, or deposit-type contracts in any state and is required to hold a certificate of authority to write life insurance, accident and health insurance, or deposit-type contracts in this state. See Texas Insurance Code 425.052
  • Life insurance: means contracts that incorporate mortality risk, including annuity and pure endowment contracts, and as may be specified in the valuation manual. See Texas Insurance Code 425.052
  • Reserves: means reserve liabilities. See Texas Insurance Code 425.052
  • Valuation manual: means the manual of valuation instructions adopted by the commissioner by rule. See Texas Insurance Code 425.052

(c) Sections 425.072(a), 425.073, and 425.074 apply to all policies and contracts issued on or after the operative date of the valuation manual.

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