A domestic insurance company in Texas is considered a company that

The Company Licensing and Registration office is responsible for incorporating and licensing Texas domestic insurers. This page has been created as a resource for Texas domestic insurance companies, not including HMOs. For more information regarding HMOs, please visit our HMO page.

Lists of companies licensed by the Company Licensing and Registration office are available to download from the, "Companies Regulated by TDI" webpage.

Transactions

• Add/Delete Lines of Business
• Add Variable Annuity
• Add Variable Life
• Attorney-for-Service (aka Consent for Service of Process)
• By-Laws
• Capital/Shares Certificate
• Company Amendments
• Incorporation and Licensing of Texas Domestic Insurers
• Merger Involving at Least One Texas Insurer
• Officers and Directors
• Disciplinary Actions Taken in Other States
• Redomestication from Another State to Texas
• Resume Writing Lines
• Total and Partial Assumption Reinsurance Agreements
• Voluntary Dissolution
• Withdrawal Guidelines

Resources

• Download Company List
• Electronic Filing Guidelines
• Fingerprinting Requirements
• Request Certificates of Compliance
• Send Filing Fees
• State Retaliatory Fees and Requirements
• Statutory Deposit Requirements
• Submit an Open Records Request
• Other Transactions for Texas Domestic Insurers Handled by TDI's Financial Analysis Section

Add/Delete Lines of Business

• NAIC UCAA Corporate amendments application - Section I

Add Variable Annuity

• TDI form FIN338 (Checklist for Adding Variable Annuity Authority), can be obtained by calling 512-676-6365.
• NAIC UCAA, Form 3 (Expansion Application, Lines of Business)
• NAIC UCAA, Form 8 C (Questionnaire for Adding or Deleting Lines of Business from Certificate of Authority)

Add Variable Life

• TDI form FIN339 (Checklist for Adding Variable Life Authority), can be obtained by calling 512-676-6365.
• NAIC UCAA, Form 3 (Expansion Application, Lines of Business)
• NAIC UCAA, Form 8 C (Questionnaire for Adding or Deleting Lines of Business from Certificate of Authority)

Attorney-for-Service

Also known as Consent for Service of Process. This is only required for domestic insurers moving books and records out of state or proposing to redomesticate out of state.

• NAIC UCAA, Form 12 (Uniform Consent to Service of Process)

By-Laws

File amended By-Laws with the Company Licensing and Registration Office when changes occur to By-laws for the domestic companies listed below. Include the full text of the By-Laws (including amendments), certified by the corporate secretary. No fees are required, except for Health Maintenance Organizations.

• County Mutuals
• Fraternal Benefit Societies
• Health Maintenance Organizations ($50 Fee)
• Joint Underwriting Associations
• Local Mutual Aid Companies
• Local Mutual Burial Companies
• Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements
• Workers’ Compensation Self Insurance Groups

Capital/Shares Certificate

Requires filing of Board of Director's resolution setting forth the total number of shares issued and total consideration received for those shares. Submit the resolution no later than 90 days after the date of the issuance of shares. This does not require a charter amendment filing or fee.

Company Amendments 

Amended/Restated Articles

• NAIC UCAA Corporate Amendment Application
• LAH companies - submit a board and shareholders resolution passing the amendment

Name Changes

• TDI form FIN300 (Name Application form)
• NAIC UCAA Corporate Amendments Application - Section II
• LAH companies - submit a board and shareholders resolution passing the amendment
• TDI form LAH302 (Form Filing Checklist) for insurers who write accident and health coverage in Texas.

Home Office Changes

• NAIC UCAA Corporate amendments application - Section IV
• LAH companies - submit a board and shareholders resolution passing the amendment

Changes to authorized shares and/or par value

For internally funded capital increases/decreases of authorized shares; changes in Par Value, submit the following:

• Cover letter explaining transaction
• TDI form FIN332 (Capital changes form)
• Amended or restated articles
• Board and shareholders resolution passing amendment

For externally funded capital increases/decreases of authorized shares; changes in Par Value, submit the following:

• Cover letter explaining transaction
• TDI form FIN332 (Capital changes form)
• Amended or restated articles
• Board and shareholders resolution passing amendment
• Bank affidavit - an amendment to increase the capital must be accompanied by an affidavit, with the notarized signature of a bank officer where the funds are on deposit, as well as a copy of the deposit slip or certificate of deposit, stating:
  • That the funds on deposit in the bank are the bona fide, unconditional and unencumbered property of the company insofar as the bank is concerned; and
  • That the bank has no knowledge of any claim against such funds by any person or organization other than the insurance company.

Incorporation and Licensing of Texas Domestic Insurers

• Read "How to License an Insurance Company in Texas." This document provides specific filing instructions/requirements and other very useful information.
• TDI form FIN300 (Name Application form)
• NAIC UCAA Primary Application

Merger Involving at Least One Texas Insurer

• TDI form FIN341 (Merger Checklist)
• TDI form LAH302 (Form Filing Checklist) for insurers who write accident and health coverage in Texas.

Officers and Directors

Domestic insurers are required to submit Biographical Affidavits and fingerprint receipts for all directors and only the following officers: CEO, President, Executive Director, Secretary, Treasurer, CFO/Controller, COO and Medical Director (if applicable). We DO NOT require biographical affidavits for Vice Presidents or Assistant-officers. Documentation must be submitted with Admissions application, and when changes occur.

• TDI form FIN353 (Biographical Affidavit and Fingerprint Requirements for Texas-Domestic Insurers)
• NAIC UCAA, Form 11 (Biographical Affidavit)
• TDI form FIN324 (Biographical Affidavit Update)
• TDI form FIN306 (Officers and Directors Page)

Disciplinary Actions Taken in Other States

When a company's license is suspended or revoked by another regulatory authority, submit notification to the Company Licensing and Registration Office.

See Texas Insurance Code Sec 81.003(b) which requires delivery of a copy of any applicable order or judgment to the commissioner not later than the 30th day. Submit a copy of the action, executed by regulatory authority and company.

Redomestication from Another State to Texas

• NAIC UCAA Primary Application
• TDI form LAH302 (Form Filing Checklist) for insurers who write accident and health coverage in Texas.

Resume Writing Lines

• TDI form FIN350 (Checklist for companies re-entering the Texas insurance market, subsequent to an orderly withdrawal)

Total and Partial Assumption Reinsurance Agreements

• TDI form FIN345 (Checklist for Total and Partial Assumption Reinsurance Agreements involving at least one Texas Domestic Insurance Company)
• TDI form LAH302 (Form Filing Checklist) for insurers who write accident and health coverage in Texas.

Voluntary Dissolution

• NAIC UCAA, Form 16a (Statement of Voluntary Dissolution form)
• NAIC UCAA, Form 16 (Statement of Voluntary Dissolution Instructions)
• TDI form FIN351 (Voluntary Dissolution Checklist)

Withdrawal Guidelines

• TDI form FIN349 (Withdrawal Guidelines)

Send Filing to the Company Licensing and Registration Office

Send your filing to Company Licensing and Registration via email at . Please call us at (512) 676-6365 if you have any questions about your filings.

Request Certificates of Compliance

Request Certificates of Compliance by submitting TDI form FIN321 to .

Other Transactions for Texas Domestic Insurers Handled by TDI's Financial Analysis Section

The following transactions are handled by the Financial Analysis Section. Direct all inquiries and submit filings to . Failure to do so will result in delays.

• Moving Books and Records out of Texas (TIC 804.102)
• Form A (acquisitions)
• Form B (registration statement)
• Form C (summary of material changes to registration statement)
• Form D (prior notice of a transaction)
• Form E (notice of ordinary and extraordinary dividends and other distributions)
• Form F (enterprise risk report)

You may wish to refer to the Holding Company web page.