§ 56-7-101 Contract of insurance – Definition – Restrictions and limitations – Exceptions
§ 56-7-102 Policies to contain entire contract – Exceptions – Construed as Tennessee contracts – Rules of construction – Duty to defend – Determination of obligations – Assignment
§ 56-7-103 Misrepresentation or warranty will not void policy – Exceptions
§ 56-7-104 Hostilities shall not invalidate policy
§ 56-7-105 Additional liability upon insurers and bonding companies for bad-faith failure to pay promptly
§ 56-7-106 Liability of policyholders when action not brought in good faith
§ 56-7-107 Suit on certificate issued under group insurance policy – Copy of policy attached to defendant’s answer
§ 56-7-108 Mortality tables
§ 56-7-109 Definitions – Timely reimbursement of health insurance claims
§ 56-7-110 Part definitions – Correction of payment errors – Retroactive denial of reimbursements
§ 56-7-111 Property or casualty insurance – General contractor as a payee
§ 56-7-112 Deferred individual annuity contracts – Minimum guaranteed surrender value
§ 56-7-113 Inquiry by homeowner’s insurance policyholder not grounds for premium increase or cancellation of policy – Communications necessitating investigation – Violation constitutes unfair trade practice
§ 56-7-114 Certificates of insurance
§ 56-7-115 Medical health care liability insurance – Availability for all classifications of practice
§ 56-7-117 Required use of mail-order pharmacy prohibited
§ 56-7-118 Notice of premium increase
§ 56-7-119 Excuse for absence of employee or student
§ 56-7-120 Assignment of benefits to health care provider
§ 56-7-121 Exclusion of coverage
§ 56-7-122 Disclosure of agreements to limit services permitted
§ 56-7-123 Policies to be in English – Language of promotional material
§ 56-7-124 Release of information relating to physical or mental health of patient
§ 56-7-125 Written statement of rights for personal lines fire or homeowners insurance policyholders
§ 56-7-126 Duty of pharmacy benefits manager – Health insurance under TennCare program
§ 56-7-127 Major medical insurance coverage for a catastrophic illness requiring in-patient hospital care
§ 56-7-129 Subrogation of claims for damage caused by explosives
§ 56-7-130 Sinkhole losses
§ 56-7-131 Advanced payments – Prior to trial
§ 56-7-132 Successor coverage health claims
§ 56-7-133 Provision in policy of group accident and health insurance requiring notification when person covered under group policy ceases to be covered
§ 56-7-134 Medical records release authorization
§ 56-7-135 Rebuttable presumption

Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 56 > Chapter 7 > 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.
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • Attorney: means the person designated and authorized by subscribers as the attorney-in-fact having authority to obligate them on reciprocal insurance contracts. See Tennessee Code 56-16-102
  • 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
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • 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.
  • Covered person: means a person on whose behalf a health insurance entity offering health insurance coverage is obligated to pay benefits or provide services. See Tennessee Code 56-7-110
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Department: means the department of commerce and insurance. See Tennessee Code 56-1-102
  • Donor: The person who makes a gift.
  • 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.
  • Foreign: when used without limitation, includes all companies formed by authority of any other state or government. See Tennessee Code 56-1-102
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Health care provider: means any person or entity performing services regulated pursuant to title 63 or title 68, chapter 11. See Tennessee Code 56-7-110
  • Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. Source: FDIC
  • insurance company: includes all corporations, associations, partnerships, or individuals engaged as principals in the business of insurance. See Tennessee Code 56-1-102
  • 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.
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Month: means a calendar month. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • 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
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Personal property: includes money, goods, chattels, things in action, and evidences of debt. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Personal representative: when applied to those who represent a decedent, includes executors and administrators, unless the context implies heirs and distributees. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Recoupment: means the action by a health insurance entity to recover amounts previously paid to a health care provider by withholding or setting off the amounts against current payments to the health care provider. See Tennessee Code 56-7-110
  • Representative: when applied to those who represent a decedent, includes executors and administrators, unless the context implies heirs and distributees. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.
  • 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