(a) Except as otherwise expressly provided in this section, the general investment provisions of chapter 7 of this code apply to all domestic title insurers.
(b) A domestic title insurer may invest and have invested funds in an amount not exceeding its surplus to policyholders or three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000.00), whichever is the larger sum, in title plants and equipment and in stocks of abstract companies.
(c) Investment in plants, equipment and abstract company shares authorized by this section shall not be credited against the insurer's required reinsurance reserves.
(d) Any investment of a domestic title insurer acquired before May 27, 1983, and which, under this section, would be considered ineligible as an investment on that date shall be disposed of before May 27, 1985. The commissioner, upon application and proof that forced sale of any such investment would be contrary to the best interests of the title insurer or its policyholders, may extend the period for disposal of the investment for a reasonable time.