Sec. 841.101.  CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY REQUIRED.  A domestic insurance company may not engage in the business of insurance in this state, except for the lending of money, without first obtaining from the commissioner a certificate of authority that:
(1)  shows that the company has fully complied with the laws of this state;  and
(2)  authorizes the company to engage in the business of insurance in this state.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2003.