(a) Any foreign company, if incorporated or associated under the laws of any government or state other than the United States, shall not be admitted until, besides complying with the conditions of §§ 56-2-101 – 56-2-103, 56-2-113 – 56-2-115, 56-2-201 and 56-2-301, it has made a deposit with the state treasurer, or with the financial officer of some other state of the United States, a sum of not less than two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000).

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 56-2-405

  • Foreign: when used without limitation, includes all companies formed by authority of any other state or government. See Tennessee Code 56-1-102
  • 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
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) The deposit must be in exclusive trust for the benefit and security of all the company’s policyholders and creditors in the United States, and may be made in bonds of this state or of the United States, or of some state in the United States, or other good securities satisfactory to the commissioner.
(c) The deposit shall be in lieu of any other deposit required of life insurance companies incorporated under the laws of any government or state other than the United States.