§ 56-3-101 Investments of insurance companies organized after May 11, 1895
§ 56-3-103 Officers must not be pecuniarily interested in investment or disposition of funds of domestic company
§ 56-3-104 Investments of domestic company in which officers pecuniarily interested not to be allowed as an admitted asset
§ 56-3-105 Regulation of compensation of officers, agents and employees of life insurance companies and fraternal benefit societies
§ 56-3-106 Pensions to officers, directors, or trustees, or to members of their families prohibited to domestic stock or mutual life insurance companies or fraternal benefit societies – Employees’ retirement plans permitted
§ 56-3-107 Disbursements by life insurance companies to be upon vouchers or affidavits
§ 56-3-108 Dividends – Unauthorized payment – Penalty
§ 56-3-109 Dividends – Illegal division – Directors’ liability to creditors
§ 56-3-110 Unclaimed dividends – Publication
§ 56-3-111 Certain insurance companies to report settlement or judgment in health care liability claims
§ 56-3-113 Valuation of bonds
§ 56-3-114 Valuation of securities
§ 56-3-115 Bonds or other evidences of debt of a domestic insurance company – Reinsurance liability – Limitations
§ 56-3-116 Property and casualty insurers – Risk limitations – Applicability
§ 56-3-117 Foreign and alien insurers – Investments
§ 56-3-118 Commissioner – Promulgation of rules and regulations

Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 56 > Chapter 3 > Part 1 - General Provisions

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Amortization: Paying off a loan by regular installments.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of commerce and insurance. See Tennessee Code 56-1-102
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • 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.
  • Department: means the department of commerce and insurance. See Tennessee Code 56-1-102
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
  • Foreign: when used without limitation, includes all companies formed by authority of any other state or government. See Tennessee Code 56-1-102
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Month: means a calendar month. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Person: means any association, aggregate of individuals, business, company, corporation, individual, joint-stock company, Lloyds-type organization, organization, partnership, receiver, reciprocal or interinsurance exchange, trustee or society. See Tennessee Code 56-16-102
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
  • Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Reciprocal: means the aggregation of subscribers under a common name. See Tennessee Code 56-16-102
  • 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.
  • signed: includes a mark, the name being written near the mark and witnessed, or any other symbol or methodology executed or adopted by a party with intention to authenticate a writing or record, regardless of being witnessed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • 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
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105