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TITLE 28INSURANCE
PART 1TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE
CHAPTER 7CORPORATE AND FINANCIAL REGULATION
SUBCHAPTER BINSURANCE HOLDING COMPANY SYSTEMS
RULE §7.203Registration of Insurers

    (B) with respect to the person whose control is denied and all affiliates of the person, the number and percentage of shares of the subject's voting securities which are held of record or known to be beneficially owned, and the number of shares concerning which there is a right to acquire, directly or indirectly;

    (C) all material relationships and bases for affiliation between the subject and the person whose control is denied and all affiliates of the person; and

    (D) a statement explaining why the person should not be considered to control the subject.

  (3) The applicant must simultaneously furnish a copy of any disclaimer filed with the commissioner to the insurer, if the affected insurer is not a party to it. The insurer must, within 15 business days after receipt, unless the time is extended by the commissioner for good cause, respond to the matters raised in the disclaimer.

  (4) The applicant of a disclaimer which has been allowed must notify the commissioner within 15 days after the end of the month if any information constituting the basis for the disclaimer is incomplete, inaccurate, or no longer accurate. The commissioner may disallow the disclaimer for failure to provide the information.

  (5) After a disclaimer has been filed, the insurer is relieved of the duty to register or report under subsection (a) of this section which may arise out of the insurer's relationship with the person unless and until the commissioner disallows the disclaimer. If the commissioner disallows a disclaimer, the party who filed the disclaimer may request an administrative hearing which must be granted by the commissioner.

  (6) After a disclaimer of control or affiliation has been filed by any person, any acquisition, in any manner, directly or indirectly, of a voting security of the domestic insurer by the person is subject to the Act, in the absence of the filing within 15 days after the end of the month in which the acquisition of an additional voting security occurs, of an amendment makes current the disclaimer of control or affiliation previously filed under this subsection.

(n) Violations. The failure to file a registration statement or any amendment to a Form B (relating to Registration Statement) or Form F (relating to Enterprise Risk Report) within the time specified for the filing is a violation of this section.

(o) Dividends and distributions. Each registered insurer must, by personal delivery, by facsimile, or by mail addressed to: Financial Analysis, Mail Code 303-1A, Texas Department of Insurance, P.O. Box 149104, 333 Guadalupe, Austin, Texas 78714-9104, provide notice to the commissioner of all dividends and other distributions to shareholders under Insurance Code §823.053 in Form E (relating to Notice of Dividend or Distribution) and the notice is deemed an amendment to the registration statement without further action or filing. Prepayment notices will be considered promptly. Each prepayment notice must be accompanied by documentation supporting each of the standards specified in Insurance Code, §823.008, unless the documentation has previously been provided during the current calendar year and the person to whom the documentation was sent is identified. Dividends and distributions must be reviewed by the commissioner and, if the standards in the Act, §823.008 are not met, the commissioner will take appropriate action, including, but not limited to, that provided under Insurance Code §§82.001 - 82.056, 83.001 - 83.153 and Chapters 403, 404, 441, and 443. All reported dividends and distributions must be reviewed annually in the registration statement filed under §7.210 of this title. See §7.204(d) of this title for requirements regarding extraordinary dividends and distributions.


Source Note: The provisions of this §7.203 adopted to be effective January 1, 1976; amended to be effective November 30, 1984, 9 TexReg 5926; amended to be effective April 29, 1988, 13 TexReg 1761; amended to be effective April 13, 1992, 17 TexReg 2273; amended to be effective July 14, 1994, 19 TexReg 5098; amended to be effective May 15, 1996, 21 TexReg 3798.; amended to be effective May 5, 2002, 27 TexReg 3559; amended to be effective May 26, 2013, 38 TexReg 3033

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