Texas Insurance Code 424.064 – Authorized Investments: Real Property
(a) Subject to this section, an insurer may invest the insurer’s funds in excess of minimum capital and surplus in real property to the extent authorized by other provisions of this code.
(b) An insurer with admitted assets of more than $500 million may own investment real property other than real property authorized by another provision of this code, or participations in that other investment real property, if the property is materially enhanced in value by:
(1) the construction of durable, permanent-type buildings and other improvements that cost an amount at least equal to the cost of the real property, excluding buildings and improvements at the time the property is acquired; or
(2) the construction, commenced before the second anniversary of the date the real property is acquired, of buildings and improvements described by Subdivision (1).
Terms Used In Texas Insurance Code 424.064
- Appraisal: A determination of property value.
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- Property: means real and personal property. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
(c) The amount invested by an insurer in a single investment real property and improvements, or in any interest in real property and improvements, may not exceed five percent of the insurer’s admitted assets in excess of $500 million. The total amount invested by an insurer in investment real property and improvements may not exceed 15 percent of the insurer’s admitted assets in excess of $500 million.
(d) Except as provided by Section 862.002, an insurer may not own, develop, or hold an equity interest in any residential property or subdivision, single or multiunit family dwelling property, or undeveloped real property to subdivide for or develop residential, single or multiunit family dwellings. This subsection does not apply to an insurer with admitted assets of $10 billion or more.
(e) The investment authority granted by this section is in addition to and separate from the investment authority granted by Section 862.002, except that an insurer may not invest in any real property that, when added to properties acquired by the insurer under Section 862.002, would exceed the limitations prescribed by that section.
(f) An insurer’s admitted assets are determined from the insurer’s annual statements that are made as of the December 31 that precedes the date of the determination and are filed with the department as required by law. The value of any investment made under this section is subject to the appraisal requirement of Section 862.002.