Terms Used In Tennessee Code 56-13-117

  • Affiliated company: means any company in the same corporate system as a parent, an industrial insured, or a member organization by virtue of common ownership, control, operation, or management. See Tennessee Code 56-13-102
  • 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
  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of the department, or the commissioner's designee. See Tennessee Code 56-13-102
  • Controlled unaffiliated business: means any person:
    (A) That is not in the corporate system of a parent and its affiliated companies in the case of a pure captive insurance company, or that is not in the corporate system of an industrial insured and its affiliated companies in the case of an industrial insured captive insurance company. See Tennessee Code 56-13-102
  • Industrial insured: means an insured:
    (A) Who procures the insurance of any risk or risks by use of the services of a full-time employee acting as an insurance manager or buyer. See Tennessee Code 56-13-102
  • Industrial insured captive insurance company: means any company that insures risks of the industrial insureds that comprise the industrial insured group, and that may insure the risks of the affiliated companies of the industrial insureds and the risks of the controlled unaffiliated business of an industrial insured or its affiliated companies. See Tennessee Code 56-13-102
  • Parent: means an individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association, or other entity, or individual that directly or indirectly owns, controls, or holds with power to vote more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding voting:
    (A) Securities of a pure captive insurance company organized as a stock corporation. See Tennessee Code 56-13-102
  • Pure captive insurance company: means any company that insures risks of its parent and affiliated companies or a controlled unaffiliated business or businesses. See Tennessee Code 56-13-102

The commissioner may adopt rules establishing standards to ensure that a parent or its affiliated company, or an industrial insured or its affiliated company, is able to exercise control of the risk management function of any controlled unaffiliated business to be insured by a pure captive insurance company or an industrial insured captive insurance company, respectively; provided, however, that, until such time as rules under this section are adopted, the commissioner may approve the coverage of such risks by a pure captive insurance company or an industrial insured captive insurance company.