(a) One (1) or more sponsors may form a protected cell captive insurance company under this chapter. In addition to part 1 of this chapter, this part shall apply to protected cell captive insurance companies.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 56-13-201

  • Captive insurance company: means any pure captive insurance company, association captive insurance company, agency captive insurance company, industrial insured captive insurance company, risk retention group, protected cell captive insurance company, incorporated cell captive insurance company, or special purpose financial captive insurance company formed or licensed under this chapter. See Tennessee Code 56-13-102
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Protected cell: means a separate account established by a protected cell captive insurance company formed or licensed under this chapter, in which an identified pool of assets and liabilities are segregated and insulated by means of this chapter from the remainder of the protected cell captive insurance company's assets and liabilities in accordance with the terms of one (1) or more participant contracts to fund the liability of the protected cell captive insurance company with respect to the participants as set forth in the participant contracts. See Tennessee Code 56-13-202
  • Protected cell captive insurance company: means any captive insurance company:
    (A) In which the minimum capital and surplus required by this chapter are provided by one (1) or more sponsors. See Tennessee Code 56-13-202
(b) A protected cell captive insurance company shall be incorporated as a stock insurer with its capital divided into shares and held by the stockholders, as a mutual corporation, as a nonprofit corporation with one (1) or more members, or as a limited liability company.