{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1104.021","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 1104.021","heading":"TRUSTEE NAMED AS BENEFICIARY IN POLICY.","body":"(a) An individual may make a trust agreement providing that the proceeds of a life insurance policy insuring the individual be made payable to a trustee named as beneficiary in the policy. The validity of a trust agreement or declaration of trust that is designated as a beneficiary of a life insurance policy is not affected by whether any corpus of the trust exists in addition to the right of the trustee to receive insurance proceeds.\n(b) Life insurance policy proceeds described by Subsection (a) shall be paid to the trustee. The trustee shall hold and dispose of the proceeds as provided by the trust agreement.\nAdded by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 2, eff. June 1, 2003.\nAmended by:\nActs 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 672 (H.B. 2368), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.","path":["INSURANCE CODE","TITLE 7. LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES","SUBTITLE A. LIFE INSURANCE IN GENERAL","CHAPTER 1104. LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY CONTRACTS ISSUED TO CERTAIN PERSONS","SUBCHAPTER B. TRUSTEE NAMED AS BENEFICIARY OF LIFE INSURANCE POLICY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.1104.htm#1104.021","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"766d7d029993b1c4fa2a8874b591a1c895664b82244c220e26ea2508d5245d19","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1104.006","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1104.022"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}