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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

(a) Registration. Except as provided by the Act, every insurer authorized or incorporated to do business in this state and is a member of an insurance holding company system must register in accord with the Act. The exemption from registration for a foreign insurer does not apply to a commercially domiciled insurer doing business in this state; nor to a commercially domiciled insurer granted an exemption under §7.202 of this title (relating to Definitions). The commissioner must terminate the registration of a commercially domiciled insurer when it is demonstrated that it no longer meets the definition of commercially domiciled insurer in §7.202 of this title.

(b) Information filing from insurers. Every insurer which is authorized to do business in this state and which is a member of an insurance holding company system and is not required to register under subsection (a) of this section must furnish to the commissioner a copy of the registration statement or other information filed by such insurer with the insurance regulatory authority of its domiciliary jurisdiction and all amendments, if required by the commissioner.

(c) Information and forms required. Every insurer subject to registration must file a registration statement in accord with §7.210 of this title (relating to Form B), §7.211 of this title (relating to Form C), and as applicable, to §7.214 of this title (relating to Form F), providing current information about the requested matters.

(d) Materiality. Information which is not material for the purposes of the Act, need not be filed under the Act, §823.054, for certain requirements respecting materiality. See subsection (f) of this section for the rule on material changes.

(e) Amendments to registration statements. Each registered insurer must keep current the information required to be disclosed in its registration statement by reporting all material changes or additions (whether single transactions or cumulative in total). The amendment must be in accord with §7.210 of this title, the registration statement, the cover page requirements of §7.201(d) of this title (relating to Forms Filings), and with a positive statement as to the items of the form not being amended instead of setting out the unamended portions. The amendment must be filed within 15 days after the end of the month in which the registered insurer learns of the change or addition. Any transaction that is approved by the commissioner is deemed to be an amendment to the registration statement without further action or filing.

(f) Material changes. The following occurrences are, without limiting the meaning of the phrase "material changes," deemed material changes for purposes of filing an amendment to the registration statement:

  (1) any acquisition of a voting security of a domestic insurer, directly or indirectly, by a person in control of the domestic insurer if, after the acquisition, the person, directly or indirectly, owns or controls less than 50 percent of the then issued and outstanding voting securities of the domestic insurer, in which case §7.210(b) and (c) of this title must be made current;

  (2) any acquisition of a voting security of a domestic insurer, directly or indirectly, by a person that prior, directly or indirectly, owns or controls more than 50 percent of the then issued and outstanding voting securities of the domestic insurer, in which case §7.210(b) and (c) of this title must be made current;

  (3) a change in the control of the registrant, in which case the entire registration statement must be made current (notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter);

  (4) a change in the information required by §7.210(f) and (g) of this title, in which case the respective subsection must be made current;

  (5) a change of the chief executive officer, president, or more than one-third of the directors reported in §7.210(e) of this title, in which case the respective subsection must be made current;

  (6) any transaction with an affiliate or affiliates which, when taken together with all other transactions with affiliates excluding those transactions approved under §7.204(a)(1) of this title (relating to Transactions Subject to Prior Notice) and those transactions for which notification is given under §7.204(a)(2) occurring within 12 months next preceding, under Subchapter C of the Act. In this case, §7.210(c) and (f) of this title must be made current together with a report of all transactions with affiliates regardless of size within 12 months next preceding. After the transactions are reported and the filings under §7.210(c) and (f) are made current, each subsequent transaction with an affiliate which, when taken together with those transactions which occurred within the 12 months next preceding, were reported under this subsection and Subchapter C of the Act, must be reported under subsection (e) of this section.

(g) Annual amendment. Within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the ultimate controlling person (that person which is not controlled by another person) of the insurance holding company system, the registrant must file an annual registration statement. An insurer required to file an annual registration statement must also furnish a summary of material changes from the prior year's annual registration statement under §7.211 of this title.

(h) Termination of registration. The commissioner must terminate the registration of any insurer as provided in Insurance Code §823.056.

(i) Consolidated filing. Any licensed insurer may file a consolidated registration statement or any amendment on behalf of itself and any affiliated insurer or insurers which are required to register under subsection (a) of this section, if so authorized by the affiliates. Each registration statement may include information regarding any insurer in the insurance holding company system even if the insurer is not authorized to do business in this state. Each licensed insurer in the filing must determine the correctness of the entire statement and amendments and is bound by the terms of the entire statement and amendment. The statement may be made under the provisions of subsection (j) of this section.

(j) Alternative registration.

  (1) In lieu of filing a registration statement as specified in §7.210 of this title, a licensed insurer may file a copy of the registration statement or similar report it is required to file in its state of domicile (or a report it is required to file in another state where it is licensed if its state of domicile requires no such report) provided:

    (A) the statement or report contains information substantially similar to information required in §7.210 of this title and any of the information not in the statement or report is provided by supplement; and

    (B) the filing insurer is the principal insurer in the insurance holding company system or, in the case of a consolidated statement, the statement is in the form required by the principal insurer's domicile.

  (2) Whether the filing insurer is the principal insurer in the insurance holding company system is a question of fact. An insurer filing a registration statement (or report in lieu of the information specified in §7.210 of this title) on behalf of an affiliated insurer must set forth a simple statement of facts which will substantiate the filing insurer's claim that it is the principal insurer in the insurance holding company system.

  (3) With the prior approval of the commissioner, an unauthorized insurer may follow any of the procedures which could be done by an authorized insurer under paragraph (1) of this subsection.

  (4) The commissioner may require under this subsection or subsection (i) of this section separate filings if the commissioner deems the filings necessary in the interest of clarity, ease of administration, or the public good.

(k) Enterprise Risk Report. The ultimate controlling person of an insurer required to file an enterprise risk report under Insurance Code §823.0595 must furnish the required information on Form F, which is made a part of these regulations.

(l) Exemptions. The provisions of this section do not apply to any insurer, information, or transaction if and to the extent exempted by the commissioner by rule, regulation, or order.

(m) Disclaimer.

  (1) Any person may file with the commissioner a disclaimer of control or affiliation with any insurer, or the disclaimer may be filed by the insurer or any member of an insurance holding company system as a separate filing.

  (2) A disclaimer of affiliation or a request for termination of registration claiming that a person does not, or will not upon the taking of some proposed action, control another person (referred to as the "subject") must contain the following information:

    (A) the number of authorized, issued, and outstanding voting securities or rights of the subject;

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