Sec. 841.253.  LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY'S PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS.  (a)  A life insurance company may declare or pay a dividend to its:
(1)  policyholders only from the expense loading and profits made by the company;  and
(2)  shareholders only from the company's earned surplus, as defined by the commissioner.
(b)  A life insurance company that is not showing a profit may pay a dividend on its participating policies from the expense loading on those policies.
(c)  A life insurance company may not discriminate between policyholders in paying a dividend from the expense loading under this section.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2003.