Insurance Code § 1104.022

Sec. 1104.022. TRUSTEE NAMED AS BENEFICIARY IN WILL. (a) A life insurance policy may provide that the beneficiary of the policy be a trustee designated by will in accordance with the policy provisions and the requirements of the insurance company. (b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), on probate of a will described by Subsection (a), the life insurance policy proceeds shall be paid to the trustee. The trustee shall hold and dispose of the proceeds as provided under the terms of the will as the will existed on the date of the testator's death and in the same manner as other testamentary trusts are administered. (c) Except as otherwise provided by agreement with the insurance company during the life of the insured, the insurance company shall pay the life insurance policy proceeds to the executors, administrators, or assigns of the insured if, during the 18-month period beginning on the first day after the date of the insured's death: (1) a qualified trustee does not make to the insurance company a claim to the proceeds; or (2) the insurance company is provided satisfactory evidence showing that there is or will be no trustee to receive the proceeds. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 2, eff. June 1, 2003.