(a) Associations, corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, trusts, and other business entities may be participants in any protected cell captive insurance company formed or licensed under this chapter.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 56-13-205

  • 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
  • Participant: means a person or an entity, authorized to be a participant by §. See Tennessee Code 56-13-202
  • 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
  • Sponsor: means any person or entity that is approved by the commissioner to provide all or part of the capital and surplus required by this chapter and to organize and operate a protected cell captive insurance company. See Tennessee Code 56-13-202
(b) A sponsor may be a participant in a protected cell captive insurance company.
(c) A participant need not be a shareholder of the protected cell captive insurance company or any affiliate thereof.
(d) A participant shall insure only its own risks through a protected cell captive insurance company, unless otherwise approved by the commissioner.