(b) Identity and control of registrant. Furnish the exact name of each insurer registering or being registered ("the registrant"), the home office address and principal executive offices of each; the date on which each registrant became part of the insurance holding company system; and the method(s) by which control of each registrant was acquired and is maintained. (c) Organizational chart. Furnish a chart or listing clearly presenting the identities of and interrelationships among all affiliated persons within the insurance holding company system, including all affiliated persons as defined in §7.202(a)(2) of this title (relating to Definitions). The chart or listing should show the percentage of each class of voting securities of each affiliate which is owned, directly or indirectly, by another affiliate. If control of any person within the system is maintained other than by the ownership or control of voting securities, indicate the basis of the control. As to each person specified in the chart or listing, indicate the type of organization (e.g., corporation, trust, partnership) and the state or other jurisdiction of domicile. (d) The ultimate controlling person. As to the ultimate controlling person (that person which is not controlled by another person) in the insurance holding company system, furnish the following information: (3) principal executive office address; (4) the organizational structure of the person, i.e., corporation, partnership, individual, trust, etc.; together with a conformed copy of the charter or articles of incorporation and its bylaws; (5) the principal business of the person; (6) the name and address of any person who holds or owns 10 percent or more of any class of voting security, the class of the security, the number of shares held of record or known to be beneficially owned, and the percentage of class so held or owned; and (7) if court proceedings looking toward a reorganization or liquidation are pending, indicate the title and location of the court, the nature of proceedings, and the date when commenced. (e) Biographical information. If the ultimate controlling person is a corporation, organization, limited liability company, or other legal entity, furnish the following information for the directors and executive officers of the ultimate controlling person: the individual's name and address, his or her principal occupation and all offices and positions held during the past five years, and any conviction of crimes other than minor traffic violations. If the ultimate controlling person is an individual, furnish the individual's name and address, his or her principal occupation and all offices and positions held during the past five years, and any conviction of crimes other than minor traffic violations. (f) Transactions, relationships, and agreements. (1) Briefly describe the following agreements in force, relationships subsisting, and transactions currently outstanding between the registrant and its holding company, its subsidiaries, and its affiliates: (A) loans, other investments or purchases, sales or exchanges of securities of the affiliates by the registrant, or of the registrant by its affiliates; (B) purchase, sales, or exchanges of assets; (C) investment activities of an investment pool and transactions between pools and participants (Insurance Code Chapters 424 and 425); (D) transactions not in the ordinary course of business; (E) guarantees or undertakings for the benefit of an affiliate which result in an actual contingent exposure of the registrant's assets to liability, other than insurance contracts entered into in the ordinary course of the registrant's business; (F) all management and service contracts and all cost sharing arrangements; (G) reinsurance agreements covering all or substantially all of one or more lines of insurance of the ceding company; (H) all dividends and other distributions to shareholders; (I) agreements with affiliates to consolidate federal income tax returns; (J) all transactions with affiliated financial institutions; (K) the amount of commissions paid to the controlling producer, the percentage such amount represents of the net premium written, and comparable amounts and percentages paid to noncontrolling producers for placements of the same kinds of insurance; (L) all surplus debentures, surplus notes, premium income notes, bonds, or debentures, and other contingent evidences of indebtedness outstanding; (M) any affiliated transaction not disclosed in subparagraphs (A) - (L) of this paragraph which is subject to the Act; (N) any pledge of an insurer's stock, including stock of any subsidiary or controlling affiliate, for a loan made to any member of its insurance holding company system; (O) the corporate governance and internal control responsibilities of the insurer's board of directors, including a statement that: (i) the insurer's senior management or officers have approved and implemented, and continue to maintain and monitor, corporate governance and internal control procedures; and(ii) the insurer's board of directors oversees corporate governance and internal controls; and (P) any other information the commissioner requires. (2) No information need be disclosed if such information is not material. See §7.203(d) of this title (relating to Registration of Insurers). The description must be in a manner permitting the proper evaluation by the commissioner, and must include at least the following: the nature and purpose of the transaction; the nature and amounts of any payments or transfers of assets between the parties; the identity of all parties to the transaction; relationship of the affiliated parties to the registrant; and the holding company section number and/or commissioner's order number. (g) Litigation or administration proceedings. Furnish a brief description of any litigation or administrative proceedings of the following types, either then pending or concluded within the preceding fiscal year, to which the ultimate controlling person or any of its directors or executive officers was a party or of which the property of any person is or was the subject; give the names of the parties and the court or agency in which the litigation or proceeding is or was pending: (1) criminal prosecutions or administrative proceedings by any government agency or authority which may be relevant to the trustworthiness of any party; and (2) proceedings which may have a material effect upon the solvency or capital structure of the ultimate holding company including, but not necessarily limited to, bankruptcy, receivership, or other corporate reorganizations. (h) Required statement. The insurer must furnish a statement that transactions entered into since the filing of the prior year's annual registration statement are not part of a plan or series of like transactions, the purpose of which is to avoid statutory threshold amounts and the review that might otherwise occur. (i) Financial statements and exhibits. (1) Financial statements and exhibits should be attached to this statement as an appendix. List under this item the financial statements and exhibits attached. (2) If the ultimate controlling person is a corporation, an organization, a limited liability company, or other legal entity, the financial statements must include the annual financial statements of the ultimate controlling person and, on request of the commissioner, the annual financial statements of the affiliates in the insurance holding company system as of the end of the person's latest fiscal year or any other period as determined by the commissioner. (3) If at the time of the initial registration, the annual financial statements for the latest fiscal year are not available, annual statements for the previous fiscal year may be filed and similar financial information must be filed for any subsequent period to the extent available. Financial statements may be prepared on either an individual basis or, unless the commissioner otherwise requires on a consolidated basis if consolidated statements are prepared in the usual course of business. (4) Other than with respect to the preceding, the financial statement must be filed in a standard form and format adopted by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, unless an alternative form is accepted by the commissioner. Documentation and financial statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission or audited GAAP financial statements are deemed to be an appropriate form and format. (5) Unless the commissioner permits otherwise, the annual financial statements must be accompanied by the certificate of an independent public accountant to the effect that the statements present fairly the financial position of the ultimate controlling person and the results of its operations for the year then ended, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles or with requirements of insurance or other accounting principles prescribed or permitted under law. If the ultimate controlling person is an insurer actively engaged in the business of insurance, the annual financial statements need not be certified, provided they are based on the Annual Statement of the insurer's domiciliary state and are in accord with requirements of insurance or other accounting principles prescribed or permitted under the law and regulations of that state. (6) Unless the commissioner permits otherwise, any ultimate controlling person who is an individual may file personal financial statements that are reviewed rather than audited by an independent public accountant. The review must be conducted in accord with standards for review of personal financial statements as issued by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Personal financial statements must be accompanied by the independent public accountant's Standard Review Report stating that the accountant is not aware of any material modifications that should be made to the financial statements for the statements to be in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. (7) Exhibits must include copies of the latest annual reports to shareholders of the ultimate controlling person, proxy material used by the ultimate controlling person, and any additional documents or papers required by regulation. (j) Form C required. A Form C, Summary of Changes to Registration Statement, must be prepared and filed with this Form B. (k) Signature and certification. Furnish signature and certification of the following form: Attached Graphic
28 Tex. Admin. Code § 7.210
The provisions of this §7.210 adopted to be effective January 1, 1976; amended to be effective November 30, 1984, 9 TexReg 5926; amended to be effective April 29, 1988, 13 TexReg 1761; amended to be effective April 13, 1992, 17 TexReg 2273; amended to be effective December 24, 1993, 18 TexReg 9310; amended to be effective July 14, 1994, 19 TexReg 5098; amended to be effective May 5, 2002, 27 TexReg 3559amended to be effective May 26, 2013, 38 TexReg 3033