Texas 2011 82nd Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1431 Comm Sub / Bill

                    By: Carona S.B. No. 1431
 (In the Senate - Filed March 10, 2011; March 22, 2011, read
 first time and referred to Committee on Business and Commerce;
 April 18, 2011, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
 Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 18, 2011,
 sent to printer.)
 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1431 By:  Carona


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to the functions of insurance holding company systems.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Section 823.002, Insurance Code, is amended by
 adding Subdivisions (3-a), (3-b), and (4-a) and amending
 Subdivision (6) to read as follows:
 (3-a)  "Divesting person" means a person who has
 control of a domestic insurer and who intends to divest control of
 the domestic insurer.
 (3-b)  "Divestiture" means an abandonment of control of
 a domestic insurer by a divesting person that does not result in the
 transfer of control to another person.
 (4-a)  "Enterprise risk" means any activity,
 circumstance, event, or series of events involving one or more
 affiliates of an insurer that, if not remedied promptly, is likely
 to have a material adverse effect on the financial condition or
 liquidity of the insurer or its insurance holding company system as
 a whole, including anything:
 (A)  that would cause the insurer's risk-based
 capital to fall into company action level; or
 (B)  that would cause the insurer to be in
 hazardous financial condition.
 (6)  "Insurer" means any insurance company organized
 under the laws of this state, a commercially domiciled insurer, or
 an insurer authorized to engage in the business of insurance in this
 state. The term includes a capital stock company, mutual company,
 farm mutual insurance company, title insurance company, fraternal
 benefit society, local mutual aid association, statewide mutual
 assessment company, county mutual insurance company, Lloyd's plan,
 reciprocal or interinsurance exchange, stipulated premium
 insurance company, and group hospital service corporation. The
 term does not include an agency, authority, or instrumentality of
 the United States, its possessions and territories, the
 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, or a state[,
 or an agency, authority, instrumentality,] or political
 subdivision of a state.
 SECTION 2.  Section 823.010, Insurance Code, is amended by
 amending Subsections (c) and (d) and adding Subsections (e) and (f)
 to read as follows:
 (c)  Except as provided by Subsection (d), [After] the
 disclaimer shall be deemed to have been allowed unless, not later
 than 60 days after the receipt of a complete disclaimer, [is filed:
 [(1)     the insurer is not required to register or report
 under Subchapter B because of a duty that arises out of the
 insurer's relationship with the person unless] the commissioner
 notifies the filing party that [disallows] the disclaimer is
 disallowed[, in which event the duty to register or report begins on
 the date of the disallowance; and
 [(2)     the person is not required to comply with
 Sections 823.154, 823.155, 823.159, and 823.160 unless the
 commissioner disallows the disclaimer].
 (d)  Notwithstanding Subsection (c), if the commissioner at
 any time determines that the information disclosed in the
 disclaimer is incomplete or inaccurate or is no longer accurate,
 the [The] commissioner may disallow the disclaimer [only after:
 [(1)     providing to each party in interest notice of and
 the opportunity to be heard on the disallowance; and
 [(2)     making specific findings of fact to support the
 disallowance].
 (e)  If the commissioner disallows a disclaimer, the party
 who filed the disclaimer may request an administrative hearing.
 The commissioner shall grant the request for the hearing.
 (f)  If the commissioner allows a disclaimer, the party who
 filed the disclaimer is not required to register under Subchapter B
 or comply with Section 823.154, 823.155, 823.159, or 823.160 unless
 the commissioner determines that the disclaimer should be
 disallowed under Subsection (d).
 SECTION 3.  Section 823.011, Insurance Code, is amended by
 amending Subsections (b) and (d) and adding Subsections (e) through
 (i) to read as follows:
 (b)  The information shall be confidential and privileged
 for all purposes [treated confidentially and is not subject to
 subpoena]. Except as provided by Subsections (c) and (d), the
 information may not be disclosed without the prior written consent
 of the insurer to which it pertains.
 (d)  Except as provided by Subsection (e), if the recipient
 of documents or other information agrees in writing to maintain the
 confidential and privileged status of the documents or other
 information, and verifies in writing the legal authority to
 maintain the confidential and privileged status of the documents or
 information, the [The] commissioner or another person may disclose
 the information to any of the following entities functioning in an
 official capacity:
 (1)  a commissioner of insurance or an insurance
 department of another state;
 (2)  an authorized law enforcement official;
 (3)  a district attorney of this state;
 (4)  the attorney general; [or]
 (5)  a grand jury; or
 (6)  members of a supervisory college described by
 Section 823.0145.
 (e)  Notwithstanding Subsection (d), the commissioner may
 share confidential and privileged information reported under
 Section 823.0595 only with the commissioner of insurance of a state
 that has a statute or rule substantially similar to Subsection (d)
 who agrees in writing not to disclose the information.
 (f)  Information described by Subsection (a), including
 information in the possession of the National Association of
 Insurance Commissioners under this section, is confidential and
 privileged for all purposes, including for purposes of:
 (1)  Chapter 552, Government Code;
 (2)  a response to a subpoena; or
 (3)  discovery or admissibility in evidence in a civil
 action.
 (g)  The commissioner shall enter into written agreements
 with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners regarding
 the sharing and use of information provided under this chapter.  An
 agreement entered into under this subsection must:
 (1)  specify procedures and protocols regarding the
 confidentiality and security of information shared with the
 National Association of Insurance Commissioners and its affiliates
 and subsidiaries under this chapter, including procedures and
 protocols for sharing by the National Association of Insurance
 Commissioners with other state, federal, or international
 regulators;
 (2)  specify that ownership of information shared with
 the National Association of Insurance Commissioners and its
 affiliates and subsidiaries under this chapter remains with the
 commissioner, and that use of the information by the National
 Association of Insurance Commissioners is subject to the direction
 of the commissioner;
 (3)  require prompt notice to an insurer whose
 confidential information is in the possession of the National
 Association of Insurance Commissioners under this chapter that the
 information is subject to a request or subpoena to the National
 Association of Insurance Commissioners for disclosure or
 production; and
 (4)  require the National Association of Insurance
 Commissioners and its affiliates and subsidiaries to give consent
 to intervention by an insurer in any judicial or administrative
 action in which the National Association of Insurance Commissioners
 and its affiliates and subsidiaries may be required to disclose
 confidential information about the insurer shared with the National
 Association of Insurance Commissioners and its affiliates and
 subsidiaries under this chapter.
 (h)  This section may not be construed to prevent the
 commissioner or the attorney general from using information
 described by Subsection (a) for any purpose with respect to which
 the commissioner or the attorney general is otherwise authorized to
 act, including a regulatory or other legal action.
 (i)  The commissioner remains solely responsible for the
 administration, execution, and enforcement of this chapter, and the
 commissioner's sharing of information does not constitute a
 delegation of regulatory or rulemaking authority.
 SECTION 4.  Subchapter A, Chapter 823, Insurance Code, is
 amended by adding Section 823.0145 to read as follows:
 Sec. 823.0145.  SUPERVISORY COLLEGES. (a)  With respect to
 any insurer registered under Subchapter B, and in accordance with
 Subsection (c), the commissioner may participate in a supervisory
 college for a domestic insurer that is part of an insurance holding
 company system with international operations in order to determine
 the insurer's compliance with this chapter. The commissioner may:
 (1)  initiate the establishment of a supervisory
 college;
 (2)  clarify the membership and participation of other
 entities in the supervisory college;
 (3)  clarify the functions of the supervisory college
 and the role of other entities in the supervisory college;
 (4)  establish a group-wide supervisor;
 (5)  coordinate the ongoing activities of the
 supervisory college, including meetings, regulatory activities,
 and processes for information sharing; and
 (6)  establish a crisis management plan.
 (b)  In order to assess the business strategy, financial
 position, legal and regulatory position, risk exposure, and risk
 management and governance processes, and as part of the examination
 of individual insurers under Subchapter H, the commissioner may
 participate in a supervisory college with other entities that
 regulate the insurer or its affiliates, including other state,
 federal, and international regulatory entities. The commissioner
 may enter into agreements under Section 823.011 to cooperate with
 other regulatory entities. Nothing in this section shall be
 construed as delegating to the supervisory college the
 commissioner's authority to regulate the insurer or its affiliates.
 (c)  A registered insurer subject to this section shall pay
 the reasonable expenses, including reasonable travel expenses, of
 the commissioner's participation in a supervisory college under
 Subsection (b). For purposes of this section, a supervisory
 college may be convened as either a temporary or permanent forum for
 communication and cooperation between the entities that regulate
 the insurer or its affiliates, and the commissioner may establish a
 regular assessment to the insurer for the payment of expenses
 related to the regulation of the insurer.
 SECTION 5.  Section 823.052, Insurance Code, is amended by
 amending Subsections (b) and (c) and adding Subsections (c-1) and
 (c-2) to read as follows:
 (b)  The registration statement must be in a format
 prescribed by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners
 or adopted by rule of the commissioner and contain current
 information about:
 (1)  the identity and relationship of each affiliate in
 the insurance holding company system of which the insurer is a part;
 (2)  the capital structure, general financial
 condition, and ownership and management of the insurer, the
 insurer's holding company, the insurer's subsidiaries, and, if the
 commissioner considers the information necessary, any of the
 insurer's other affiliates; and
 (3)  any pledge of stock of the insurer or a subsidiary
 or controlling affiliate of the insurer for a loan made to a member
 of the insurer's insurance holding company system.
 (c)  The registration statement must also contain
 information about:
 (1)  each outstanding loan the insurer makes to an
 affiliate of the insurer or an affiliate makes to the insurer;
 (2)  each purchase, sale, or exchange of securities or
 other investment between the insurer and an affiliate of the
 insurer;
 (3)  each purchase, sale, or exchange of assets between
 the insurer and an affiliate of the insurer;
 (4)  each management and service contract or
 cost-sharing arrangement between the insurer and an affiliate of
 the insurer;
 (5)  each reinsurance agreement between the insurer and
 an affiliate of the insurer that covers one or more lines of
 insurance of the ceding company;
 (6)  each agreement between the insurer and an
 affiliate of the insurer to consolidate federal income tax returns;
 (7)  each transaction between the insurer and an
 affiliated financial institution;
 (8)  each transaction between the insurer and an
 affiliate of the insurer that is not in the ordinary course of
 business;
 (9)  each guarantee or undertaking, other than an
 insurance contract entered into in the ordinary course of the
 insurer's business, for the benefit of an affiliate of the insurer
 that results in a contingent exposure of the insurer's assets to
 liability;
 (10)  each dividend or distribution to the insurer's
 shareholders; [and]
 (11)  each transaction between the insurer and an
 affiliate of the insurer not specified by this subsection that is
 subject to Section 823.102, 823.103, or 823.104;
 (12)  the corporate governance and internal control
 responsibilities of the insurer's board of directors, including a
 statement that:
 (A)  the insurer's senior management or officers
 have approved and implemented, and continue to maintain and
 monitor, corporate governance and internal control procedures; and
 (B)  the insurer's board of directors oversees
 corporate governance and internal controls; and
 (13)  any other information that the commissioner
 requires by rule.
 (c-1)  On request of the commissioner, an insurer shall
 include with the statement a copy of all financial statements for
 the insurance holding company system and all affiliates of the
 holding company system, including annual audited financial
 statements filed with the United States Securities and Exchange
 Commission pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C.
 Section 77a et seq.) or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15
 U.S.C. Section 78a et seq.).
 (c-2)  An insurer required by the commissioner to submit
 financial statements under Subsection (c-1) may satisfy the
 requirement by submitting to the commissioner:
 (1)  the financial statements that the insurer's parent
 corporation most recently filed with the Securities and Exchange
 Commission; and
 (2)  if the insurer is required to submit financial
 statements for an affiliate, the financial statements that the
 affiliate most recently filed with an agency that regulates the
 affiliate.
 SECTION 6.  Subchapter B, Chapter 823, Insurance Code, is
 amended by adding Section 823.0595 to read as follows:
 Sec. 823.0595.  ENTERPRISE RISK REPORT. (a)  Except as
 provided by Subsections (d) and (f), the ultimate controlling
 person, as defined by Section 823.055, of each insurer required to
 file an annual registration shall file with the registration an
 annual enterprise risk report. The report must, to the best of the
 ultimate controlling person's knowledge, identify the material
 risks within the insurance holding company system that may pose
 enterprise risk to the insurer. The report must be filed with the
 lead state commissioner of the insurance holding company system, as
 determined by the commissioner.  In determining the lead state
 commissioner, the commissioner shall consider the procedures
 adopted by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.
 (b)  The ultimate controlling person of an insurer shall file
 the first enterprise risk report required by this section with the
 first annual registration statement due after:
 (1)  January 1, 2013, if the total direct or assumed
 annual premiums of the insurer were $5 billion or more during the
 preceding 12-month period;
 (2)  January 1, 2014, if the total direct or assumed
 annual premiums of the insurer were more than $1 billion but less
 than $5 billion during the preceding 12-month period;
 (3)  January 1, 2015, if the total direct or assumed
 annual premiums of the insurer were more than $500 million but less
 than $1 billion during the preceding 12-month period; or
 (4)  January 1, 2016, if the total direct or assumed
 annual premiums of the insurer were $300 million or more but less
 than $500 million during the preceding 12-month period.
 (c)  Subsection (b) and this subsection expire January 2,
 2015.
 (d)  Except as provided by Subsection (e), the ultimate
 controlling person of an insurer with total direct or assumed
 annual premiums of less than $300 million is not required to submit
 an enterprise risk report under Subsection (a).
 (e)  Regardless of total direct or assumed annual premium,
 the ultimate controlling person of an insurer that is not in
 compliance with applicable risk-based capital standards or that is
 otherwise in hazardous condition, as determined by the
 commissioner, shall file an enterprise risk report required by
 Subsection (a) as directed by the commissioner.
 (f)  An insurer or health maintenance organization that in
 the preceding calendar year had direct written and assumed premiums
 of more than $300 million but less than $500 million may request an
 exemption from the reporting requirements of Subsection (a) by
 filing with the commissioner a written statement describing the
 undue financial or organizational hardship the insurer or health
 maintenance organization would suffer as a result of complying with
 Subsection (a). The commissioner may grant the exemption if the
 commissioner finds that compliance with Subsection (a) would impose
 an undue financial or organizational hardship on the insurer or
 health maintenance organization.
 SECTION 7.  Section 823.060, Insurance Code, is amended to
 read as follows:
 Sec. 823.060.  VIOLATION OF SUBCHAPTER. The failure to file
 a registration statement or an amendment to a registration
 statement, or an enterprise risk report, within the time specified
 for filing the statement, [or] amendment, or report, as required by
 this subchapter, is a violation of this subchapter.
 SECTION 8.  The heading to Section 823.101, Insurance Code,
 is amended to read as follows:
 Sec. 823.101.  STANDARDS FOR TRANSACTION WITHIN AN INSURANCE
 HOLDING COMPANY SYSTEM [WITH AFFILIATE].
 SECTION 9.  Section 823.101, Insurance Code, is amended by
 amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (b-1) to read as
 follows:
 (a)  This section applies only to a material transaction
 within an insurance holding company system to which an [between a
 registered insurer and an affiliate of the] insurer subject to a
 registration under Section 823.052 is a party.
 (b-1)  An agreement, including an agreement for
 cost-sharing, services, or management, must include all provisions
 required by rule of the commissioner.
 SECTION 10.  Section 823.102, Insurance Code, is amended by
 amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read
 as follows:
 (a)  This section applies only to a sale, purchase, exchange,
 loan or other extension of credit, or investment between a domestic
 insurer and any person in the insurer's insurance holding company
 system, including an amendment or modification of an affiliate
 agreement previously filed under this section, that involves more
 than the lesser of 5 percent of the insurer's admitted assets or 25
 percent of the insurer's surplus, as of December 31 of the year
 preceding the year in which the transaction occurs.
 (d)  The notice described by Subsection (c) must include:
 (1)  the reasons for entering into or changing the
 transaction; and
 (2)  the financial impact of the transaction on the
 domestic insurer.
 (e)  Not later than the 30th day after the termination of a
 previously filed agreement, the domestic insurer shall give notice
 of the termination to the commissioner.
 SECTION 11.  Section 823.103, Insurance Code, is amended by
 amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (e) and (f) to read
 as follows:
 (a)  This section applies only to:
 (1)  a sale, purchase, exchange, loan or other
 extension of credit, or investment between a domestic insurer and
 any person in the insurer's insurance holding company system,
 including an amendment or modification of an affiliate agreement
 previously filed under this section:
 (A)  that involves more than the lesser of
 one-half of one percent of the insurer's admitted assets or five
 percent of the insurer's surplus, as of December 31 of the year
 preceding the year in which the transaction occurs; and
 (B)  the approval of which is not required under
 Section 823.102;
 (2)  a reinsurance agreement, including a reinsurance
 treaty or pooling agreement, or an amendment or modification of an
 agreement previously filed under this section, between a domestic
 insurer and any person in the insurer's holding company system [or a
 modification of such an agreement];
 (3)  a rendering of services between a domestic insurer
 and any person in the insurer's holding company system on a regular
 or systematic basis, including a tax-allocation agreement, or an
 amendment or modification of an agreement previously filed under
 this section; or
 (4)  any material transaction between a domestic
 insurer and any person in the insurer's holding company system that
 is specified by rule and that the commissioner determines may
 adversely affect the interests of the insurer's policyholders or of
 the public, including an amendment or modification of an agreement
 previously filed under this section.
 (e)  The notice described by Subsection (c) must include:
 (1)  the reasons for entering into or changing the
 transaction; and
 (2)  the financial impact of the transaction on the
 domestic insurer.
 (f)  Not later than the 30th day after the termination of a
 previously filed agreement, the domestic insurer shall give notice
 of the termination to the commissioner.
 SECTION 12.  Section 823.154, Insurance Code, is amended to
 read as follows:
 Sec. 823.154.  REQUIREMENTS FOR ACQUISITION OR EXERCISE OF
 CONTROL OR DIVESTITURE OF DOMESTIC INSURER. (a)  Before a person
 who directly or indirectly controls, or after the acquisition would
 directly or indirectly control, a domestic insurer may in any
 manner acquire a voting security of a domestic insurer or before a
 person may otherwise acquire control of a domestic insurer or
 exercise any control over a domestic insurer, or before a person may
 initiate a divestiture of control of a domestic insurer:
 (1)  the acquiring person shall file with the
 commissioner a statement that satisfies the requirements of
 Subchapter E; [and]
 (2)  the acquisition or divestiture of control must be
 approved by the commissioner in accordance with this subchapter;
 and
 (3)  if the person is initiating a divestiture of
 control, the divesting person shall file with the commissioner a
 notice of divestiture on a form adopted by the National Association
 of Insurance Commissioners or adopted by the commissioner by rule.
 (b)  The acquiring person or divesting person shall send a
 copy of the statement filed under this section to the domestic
 insurer.
 (c)  A statement or notice filed under this section must be
 filed not later than the 60th day before the proposed effective date
 of the acquisition or change of control or divestiture and is
 subject to public inspection at the office of the commissioner.
 (d)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a divesting person is
 not required to provide the commissioner with notice of divestiture
 required by Subsection (a)(3) if an acquiring person submits the
 statement required by Subsection (a)(1) and that acquisition is
 approved by the commissioner.
 SECTION 13.  Section 823.157, Insurance Code, is amended to
 read as follows:
 Sec. 823.157.  APPROVAL OF ACQUISITION, CHANGE, OR
 DIVESTITURE OF CONTROL. (a)  The commissioner shall approve or
 deny an acquisition, [or] change, or divestiture of control for
 which a statement or notice is filed under Section 823.154 not later
 than the 60th day after the date the statement required by that
 section is filed. The 60-day period may be waived by the person
 filing the statement or notice required by Section 823.154 and the
 domestic insurer. On the request of either the person filing the
 statement or notice required by Section 823.154, or the domestic
 insurer, the commissioner shall hold a hearing on a denial.
 (b)  In considering whether to approve or deny, the
 commissioner shall consider whether:
 (1)  immediately on the acquisition, [or] change, or
 divestiture of control the domestic insurer would not be able to
 satisfy the requirements for the issuance of a new certificate of
 authority to write the line or lines of insurance for which the
 insurer holds a certificate of authority;
 (2)  the effect of the acquisition, [or] change, or
 divestiture of control would be substantially to lessen competition
 in a line or subclassification lines of insurance in this state or
 tend to create a monopoly in a line or subclassification lines of
 insurance in this state;
 (3)  the financial condition of the acquiring person
 may jeopardize the financial stability of the domestic insurer or
 prejudice the interest of the domestic insurer's policyholders;
 (4)  the acquiring person has a plan or proposal to
 liquidate the domestic insurer or cause the insurer to declare
 dividends or make distributions, sell any of its assets,
 consolidate or merge with any person, make a material change in its
 business or corporate structure or management, or enter into a
 material agreement, arrangement, or transaction of any kind with
 any person, and that the plan or proposal is unfair, prejudicial,
 hazardous, or unreasonable to the insurer's policyholders and not
 in the public interest;
 (5)  due to a lack of competence, trustworthiness,
 experience, and integrity of the persons who would control the
 operation of the domestic insurer, the acquisition or change of
 control would not be in the interest of the insurer's policyholders
 and the public;
 (5-a)  the divestiture of control may jeopardize the
 financial stability of the domestic insurer or prejudice the
 interest of the domestic insurer's policyholders and other
 claimants; or
 (6)  the acquisition, [or] change, or divestiture of
 control would violate the law of this or another state or the United
 States.
 (c)  If a proposed acquisition, change, or divestiture of
 control will require the approval of more than one commissioner,
 the commissioner may participate in a public hearing referred to in
 this chapter held on a consolidated basis on request of the person
 filing the statement required by Section 823.154. The person
 filing the statement under Section 823.154 shall file the statement
 with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners within
 five days of making the request for a public hearing. A hearing
 conducted on a consolidated basis shall be public and shall be held
 within the United States before the commissioners of the states in
 which the insurers are domiciled. The commissioners shall hear and
 receive evidence at the hearing. The commissioner may attend the
 hearing in person or by telecommunication.
 (d)  This section does not require the commissioner to hold a
 hearing before approving or denying an acquisition, change, or
 divestiture of control.
 SECTION 14.  Section 823.201, Insurance Code, is amended by
 adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows:
 (d)  The acquiring person shall agree to provide the annual
 enterprise risk report required by Section 823.0595 for as long as
 the acquiring person maintains control of the insurer.
 (e)  The acquiring person and all subsidiaries within the
 acquiring person's control in the insurance holding company system
 shall provide information to the commissioner on request of the
 commissioner as the commissioner deems necessary to evaluate
 enterprise risk to the insurer.
 SECTION 15.  Section 823.205, Insurance Code, is amended by
 adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
 (c)  An insurer required to file information under Section
 823.154 may satisfy the requirement of Section 823.052(c-1) by
 providing the commissioner with the most recently filed parent
 corporation reports that have been filed with the United States
 Securities and Exchange Commission, if required by the
 commissioner.
 SECTION 16.  Section 823.351, Insurance Code, is amended by
 amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsections (a-1) and
 (b-1) to read as follows:
 (a)  Subject to Section 823.352, the commissioner may order
 an insurer registered under Subchapter B to produce records, books,
 or other information papers in the possession of the insurer or an
 affiliate of the insurer that are necessary to ascertain the
 financial condition or legality of conduct of the insurer,
 including the enterprise risk to the insurer by the ultimate
 controlling party, or by any entity or combination of entities
 within the insurance holding company system, or by the insurance
 holding company system on a consolidated basis.
 (a-1)  To determine compliance with this chapter, the
 commissioner may order any insurer registered under Subchapter B to
 produce information not in the possession of the insurer if the
 insurer can obtain access to the information pursuant to
 contractual relationships, statutory obligations, or other
 methods. In the event that the insurer is unable to obtain the
 information requested by the commissioner, the insurer shall
 provide the commissioner with a detailed explanation of the reason
 why the insurer is unable to obtain the information and the identity
 of the holder of information. If it appears to the commissioner
 that the insurer's explanation is without merit, the commissioner
 may after notice and hearing:
 (1)  require the insurer to pay a penalty of not less
 than $100 for each day the insurer delays producing the
 information; or
 (2)  suspend or revoke the insurer's license.
 (b)  If an insurer fails to comply with an order under this
 section [Subsection (a)], the commissioner by order may require the
 examination of each holding company of the insurer and each
 controlled person or affiliate in the insurer's insurance holding
 company system if the commissioner has cause to believe that:
 (1)  the operations of that person may materially
 affect the operations, management, or financial condition of any
 controlled insurer in that system; and
 (2)  the commissioner is unable to obtain relevant
 information from the controlled insurer.
 (b-1)  The commissioner may issue subpoenas, administer
 oaths, and examine under oath any person for purposes of
 determining compliance with this section. On the failure or
 refusal of a person to obey a subpoena, the commissioner may
 petition a court of competent jurisdiction, and on proper showing
 the court may enter an order compelling the witness to appear and
 testify or produce documentary evidence. Failure to obey the court
 order is punishable as contempt of court. A person shall attend as
 a witness at the place specified in the subpoena, when subpoenaed,
 at any location in this state. The person is entitled to the same
 fees and mileage, if claimed, as a witness in district court.  Fees,
 mileage, and actual expenses necessarily incurred in securing the
 attendance of a witness shall be itemized and charged against, and
 be paid by, the insurer being examined.
 SECTION 17.  Section 823.452, Insurance Code, is amended by
 adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
 (a-1)  If it appears to the commissioner that a person has
 committed a violation of Subchapter D that prevents the full
 understanding of the enterprise risk to the insurer by affiliates
 or by the insurance holding company system, the violation may serve
 as an independent basis for disapproving dividends or distributions
 and for issuing an order under Chapter 404 or Chapter 441.
 SECTION 18.  The Texas Department of Insurance may not
 implement Section 823.0595, Insurance Code, as added by this Act,
 until the date that the commissioner determines that the National
 Association of Insurance Commissioners has promulgated an
 enterprise risk form and has proposed a master confidentiality
 agreement and places notice of that determination in the Texas
 Register.
 SECTION 19.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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