Texas Insurance Code 493.054 – Accounting for Reinsurance Contracts
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(a) An insurer shall account for reinsurance contracts and shall record the contracts in the insurer’s financial statements in a manner that accurately reflects the effect of the contracts on the insurer’s financial condition.
(b) A reinsurance contract may contain a provision allowing the offset of mutual debts and credits between the ceding insurer and the assuming insurer, whether arising out of one or more reinsurance contracts.
Terms Used In Texas Insurance Code 493.054
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
(c) The commissioner may adopt reasonable rules relating to:
(1) the accounting and financial statement requirements of this section and the treatment of reinsurance contracts between insurers, including minimum risk transfer standards, asset debits or credits, reinsurance debits or credits, and reserve debits or credits relating to the transfer of all or any part of an insurer’s risks or liabilities by reinsurance contracts; and
(2) any contingencies arising from reinsurance contracts.