Derivative Use Plan

Sec. 424.205. DERIVATIVE USE PLAN. (a) Before an insurer enters into a derivative transaction, the insurer's board of directors must approve a derivative use plan as part of the insurer's investment plan otherwise required by law. (b) The derivative use plan must: (1) describe investment objectives and risk constraints, such as counterparty exposure amounts; (2) define permissible transactions, identifying the risks to be hedged and the assets or liabilities being replicated; and (3) require compliance with the insurer's internal control procedures established under Section 424.206. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 727 (H.B. 2017), Sec. 1, eff. April 1, 2007.