Sec. 425.053.  ANNUAL VALUATION OF RESERVES FOR POLICIES AND CONTRACTS ISSUED BEFORE OPERATIVE DATE OF VALUATION MANUAL.  (a)  The department shall annually value or cause to be valued the reserves for all outstanding life insurance policies and annuity and pure endowment contracts of each life insurance company engaged in business in this state issued before the operative date of the valuation manual. 
(b)  In computing reserves under Subsection (a), the department may use group methods and approximate averages for fractions of a year or otherwise.
(c)  Instead of valuing the reserves as required by Subsection (a) for a foreign or alien company, the department may accept any valuation made by or for the insurance supervisory official of another state or jurisdiction if the valuation complies with the minimum standard provided by this subchapter.
(d)  Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, policies and contracts issued on or after the operative date of the valuation manual are governed by Section 425.0535.
(e)  The minimum standards for the valuation of policies and contracts issued before the operative date of the valuation manual are as provided by Sections 425.058 through 425.071 and Section 425.072(b), as applicable. Sections 425.072(a), 425.073, and 425.074 do not apply to a policy or contract described by this subsection.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 727 (H.B. 2017), Sec. 1, eff. April 1, 2007.
Amended by: 
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 313 (S.B. 1654), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2015.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 313 (S.B. 1654), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2015.