(a) The commissioner may refuse to issue, suspend, revoke or refuse to renew the license of a viatical settlement provider, viatical settlement broker or viatical settlement investment agent if the commissioner finds that:

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 56-50-104

  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of commerce and insurance. See Tennessee Code 56-50-102
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Financing entity: means an underwriter, placement agent, lender, purchaser of securities, purchaser of a policy or certificate from a viatical settlement provider, credit enhancer or any entity that has a direct ownership in a policy or certificate that is the subject of a viatical settlement contract, but:
    (i) Whose principal activity related to the transaction is providing funds to effect the viatical settlement or purchase of one (1) or more viaticated policies. See Tennessee Code 56-50-102
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Life insurance producer: means any person licensed in this state as a resident or nonresident insurance producer that has received qualification or authority for life insurance coverage or a life line of coverage pursuant to chapter 6, part 1 of this title. See Tennessee Code 56-50-102
  • Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
  • Person: means a natural person or a legal entity, including, but not limited to, an individual, partnership, limited liability company, association, trust or corporation. See Tennessee Code 56-50-102
  • Policy: means an individual or group policy, group certificate, contract or arrangement of life insurance owned by a resident of this state, regardless of whether delivered or issued for delivery in this state. See Tennessee Code 56-50-102
  • Related provider trust: means a titling trust or other trust established by a licensed viatical settlement provider or a financing entity for the sole purpose of holding the ownership or beneficial interest in purchased policies in connection with a financing transaction. See Tennessee Code 56-50-102
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Special purpose entity: means a corporation, partnership, trust, limited liability company or other similar entity formed solely to provide, either directly or indirectly, access to institutional capital markets:
    (A) For a financing entity or licensed viatical settlement provider. See Tennessee Code 56-50-102
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Viatical settlement broker: means a person, including a life insurance producer, as provided for in §. See Tennessee Code 56-50-102
  • Viatical settlement contract: includes a premium finance loan made for a life insurance policy by a lender to a viator on, before or after the date of issuance of the policy where:
    (i) The viator or the insured receives on the date of the premium finance loan a guarantee of a future viatical settlement value of the policy. See Tennessee Code 56-50-102
  • Viatical settlement investment agent: means a person who is an appointed or contracted agent of a licensed viatical settlement provider who solicits or arranges the funding for the purchase of a viatical settlement by a viatical settlement purchaser and who is acting on behalf of a viatical settlement provider. See Tennessee Code 56-50-102
  • Viatical settlement provider: means a person, other than a viator, that enters into or effectuates a viatical settlement contract with a viator resident in this state. See Tennessee Code 56-50-102
  • Viatical settlement purchase agreement: means a contract or agreement, entered into by a viatical settlement purchaser, to which the viator is not a party, to purchase a life insurance policy or an interest in a life insurance policy that is entered into for the purpose of deriving an economic benefit. See Tennessee Code 56-50-102
  • Viatical settlement purchaser: means a person who provides a sum of money as consideration for a life insurance policy or an interest in the death benefits of a life insurance policy, or a person who owns or acquires or is entitled to a beneficial interest in a trust that owns a viatical settlement contract or is the beneficiary of a life insurance policy that has been or will be the subject of a viatical settlement contract, for the purpose of deriving an economic benefit. See Tennessee Code 56-50-102
(1) There was any material misrepresentation in the application for the license;
(2) The licensee or any officer, partner, member or key management personnel has been convicted of fraudulent or dishonest practices, is subject to a final administrative action or is otherwise shown to be untrustworthy or incompetent;
(3) The viatical settlement provider demonstrates a pattern of unreasonable payments to viators;
(4) The licensee or any officer, partner, member or key management personnel has been found guilty of, or has pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to, any felony, or to a misdemeanor involving fraud or moral turpitude, regardless of whether a judgment of conviction has been entered by the court;
(5) The viatical settlement provider has entered into any viatical settlement contract that has not been approved pursuant to this chapter;
(6) The viatical settlement provider has failed to honor contractual obligations set out in a viatical settlement contract or a viatical settlement purchase agreement;
(7) The licensee no longer meets the requirements for initial licensure;
(8) The viatical settlement provider has assigned, transferred or pledged a viaticated policy to a person other than a viatical settlement provider licensed in this state, viatical settlement purchaser, an accredited investor as defined in 17 C.F.R. § 230.501(a), or qualified institutional buyer as defined in 17 C.F.R. § 230.144A, both promulgated under the Federal Securities Act of 1933, financing entity, special purpose entity or related provider trust; or
(9) The licensee or any officer, partner, member or key management personnel has violated this chapter.
(b) The commissioner may suspend, revoke or refuse to renew the license of a viatical settlement broker or a life insurance producer operating as a viatical settlement broker pursuant to this chapter if the commissioner finds that the viatical settlement broker or life insurance producer has violated this chapter or has otherwise engaged in bad faith conduct with one (1) or more viators.
(c) If the commissioner suspends, revokes or refuses to renew the license of a viatical settlement provider, viatical settlement broker or viatical settlement investment agent, or suspends, revokes or refuses to renew a license of a life insurance producer operating as a viatical settlement broker pursuant to this chapter, the commissioner shall conduct a hearing in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, part 3. If the commissioner denies a license application of a viatical settlement provider, viatical settlement broker or viatical settlement investment agent, the commissioner shall notify the applicant in writing of the denial and the grounds for denial.
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