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TN Code § 56-2-406 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 2 - Insurance Companies|Part 4 - Foreign and Alien Insurance Companies|§ 56-2-406. Trustees of Companies of Other Countries

  Any admitted company of a foreign country may appoint trustees who are citizens of the United States, and approved by the commissioner, to hold funds in trust for the benefit of its policyholders and creditors in the United States.   These trustees shall be named by the directors of the company, and a certified copy of the record of the appointment of the trustees and of the deed of trust shall be filed in the office of the commissioner, who may examine the trustees and the assets in trust, and all books and papers relating to the trust, in the same manner that the commissioner may examine the officers, agents, assets, and affairs of insurance companies.   The funds held by the trustees, so far as the funds are in securities, money, or credits, admissible as sound assets in the financial accounts of insurance companies, shall, together with its deposits made in accordance with § 56-2-405, constitute the assets of the company as regards its policyholders and creditors in the United States.
TN Code § 56-2-407 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 2 - Insurance Companies|Part 4 - Foreign and Alien Insurance Companies|§ 56-2-407. Revocation of Authority of Foreign Companies

 The authority of a foreign insurance company may be revoked:   If it violates or neglects to comply with any law obligatory upon it;   Whenever, in the opinion of the commissioner, its condition is unsound, or its assets above its liabilities exclusive of capital and inclusive of unearned premiums, as provided in §§ 56-1-402 — 56-1-405 [see the Compiler's Notes], are less than the amount of its original capital or required unimpaired funds; or   If any foreign company licensed to transact business in this state reinsures or accepts reinsurance on property located in this state for any company not authorized to transact the business of insurance in this state; provided, that § 56-1-102 does not apply to foreign marine policies.
TN Code § 56-2-408 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 2 - Insurance Companies|Part 4 - Foreign and Alien Insurance Companies|§ 56-2-408. Licenses of Foreign Insurance Companies Expire on July 1

 All licenses authorizing foreign insurance companies to transact their business in the state shall terminate or expire on July 1 next succeeding the date of their issuance, unless sooner revoked by the commissioner.
TN Code § 56-2-409 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 2 - Insurance Companies|Part 4 - Foreign and Alien Insurance Companies|§ 56-2-409. Renewal of License of Foreign Fire or Marine Companies — Terms

 Renewal of a license to transact the business of fire, fire marine, or marine insurance in this state, for companies or associations not incorporated under the laws of this state, shall only be issued after the secretary or manager of the company or association desiring to renew the license to do business in this state has first made oath that no policy or contract of insurance covering property located in the state has been issued, written, or placed during the twelve (12) months preceding, except by resident local agents of the company or association in the state, duly commissioned, and until and after the company or association has complied with all other laws of this state in respect to the admission of companies of other states and foreign countries.
TN Code § 56-2-410 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 2 - Insurance Companies|Part 4 - Foreign and Alien Insurance Companies|§ 56-2-410. Revocation of License of Fire or Marine Companies — Reinstatement

  If any fire, fire marine, or marine insurance company or association violates or fails to observe and comply with any or all of the provisions of § 56-2-409, this section and § 56-2-411 applicable to it, it immediately shall become the duty of the commissioner to investigate the company's or association's conduct, and if the commissioner is satisfied as to the guilt of the insurance company or association, it shall be the commissioner's duty to revoke the license of the company or association to transact business in this state, and the revocation shall continue for at least one (1) year from the date of revocation.   No insurance company or association whose authority to transact business in this state has been so revoked shall be again authorized or permitted to transact business until it has filed in the office of the commissioner a certificate, signed by its president or other chief officer, to the effect that the terms and obligations of § 56-2-409, this section and § 56-2-411 are accepted by it as a part of the condition of its right and authority to transact business in this state.
TN Code § 56-2-411 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 2 - Insurance Companies|Part 4 - Foreign and Alien Insurance Companies|§ 56-2-411. Citizens Procuring Insurance With Foreign Companies — Liability for Taxes

  Under §§ 56-2-409, 56-2-410, and this section are also included citizens of this state procuring and holding insurance contracts or policies on the types of coverage listed in § 56-2-201 upon property situated or located in this state in companies not authorized to transact business in this state.   The procuring or accepting policies or contracts of the insurance from unauthorized companies or associations makes every citizen of this state, including industrial insureds as defined in § 56-2-105(7), holding the contracts or policies liable for taxes, the same as if procured through a surplus lines agent. The taxes shall be paid at the same time, in the same manner, and at the same rate as the tax levied on surplus lines insurance in §§ 56-14-106 and 56-14-113.
TN Code § 56-2-412 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 2 - Insurance Companies|Part 4 - Foreign and Alien Insurance Companies|§ 56-2-412. Retaliatory Provisions — Dividing Commissions Between Agents

  Whenever the laws of any other state of the United States require of insurance companies incorporated by or organized under the laws of this state, or the agents of the companies, any deposit of securities in such state for the protection of policyholders, or otherwise, greater than the amount required for similar purposes from similar companies of other states by the then existing laws of this state, then, in every such case, all companies of the states establishing an agency or agencies in this state shall be required to make the same deposit for a like purpose with the state treasurer and to pay into the state treasury the taxes, fines, penalties, license fees, or otherwise, an amount equal to the amount of the charges and payments imposed by law of such state upon companies of this state, and their agents.   Any commission received by a Tennessee resident agent may be shared with another resident agent or with a licensed nonresident insurance agent or broker; provided, that if the nonresident insurance agent or broker resides in, or is a licensed agent or broker in, a state that requires the retention of a stipulated percentage of the commission on risks placed in the state by nonresident agents or brokers, then and in that event the Tennessee resident agent shall require the same percentage of the commission as would be required if a Tennessee agent or broker placed similar insurance in the state of the residence of the nonresident insurance agent or broker; and provided further, that if the nonresident insurance agent or broker resides in a state, county or municipality that by statute or ordinance prohibits the division of commissions on insurance covering property or risks in the city, county or state of the nonresident agent or broker, then and in that event it shall be unlawful for the Tennessee resident agent or broker to pay the nonresident agent or broker any share or portion of the commission on insurance on property or risks in this state.
TN Code § 56-2-501 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 2 - Insurance Companies|Part 5 - Service of Process|§ 56-2-501. Service and Acknowledgment of Service of Process Against Incorporated Domestic Insurance Companies

  Every insurance company incorporated under the laws of this state shall, by a duly executed instrument, constitute and appoint the commissioner, the commissioner's deputy and their successors in office its true and lawful attorneys, upon whom all lawful processes in any action or legal proceeding against it may be served and who may acknowledge any such lawful processes.   Every insurance company incorporated under the laws of this state shall agree that any lawful process against it that may be served upon its attorneys or upon which they may acknowledge service, shall be of the same force and validity as if served on the company, and that the authority thereof shall continue in force irrevocably as long as any liability of the company remains outstanding.   Any process issued by any court of record in this state and acknowledged by or served upon the commissioner or the commissioner's deputy by the proper officer of the county in which the office of commissioner or deputy is located shall be deemed a sufficient process on the company. It is the duty of the commissioner and deputy, immediately after service of process, to forward by registered return receipt mail to the company an exact copy of the process.   A record of each service of process shall be kept in the office of the commissioner, showing the date of service, the name of the company on whose behalf service was acknowledged, the name of the plaintiff or complainant, the date the defendant is required to answer, the court issuing the process, and the county in which the suit is brought.   The power of attorney shall be filed and kept in the office of the commissioner.
TN Code § 56-2-502 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 2 - Insurance Companies|Part 5 - Service of Process|§ 56-2-502. Service of Process on Foreign and Alien Companies — Definitions

 As used in this section and §§ 56-2-503 and 56-2-504:   “Alien insurance company” means an insurance company organized under the laws of any country other than the United States or territory or insular possession of the United States or of the District of Columbia;   “Doing business in this state” by any foreign or alien insurance company means the doing in this state by the company of any act whatsoever, whether interstate or intrastate in nature, including the soliciting, making, or delivering of insurance contracts in this state, by an agent, mail or otherwise;   “Foreign insurance company” means an insurance company organized under the laws of any state of the United States, other than this state, or under the law of any territory or insular possession of the United States or the District of Columbia; and   “Insurance company” means an insurance or surety company, including mutual companies, and includes a corporation, company, partnership, association, social, fraternal or otherwise, order, individual or aggregation of individuals engaging in or proposing or attempting to engage in any kind of insurance or surety business, including the exchange of reciprocal or interinsurance contracts between individuals, partnerships and corporations.
TN Code § 56-2-503 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 2 - Insurance Companies|Part 5 - Service of Process|§ 56-2-503. Commissioner as Attorney for Purpose of Process

  Any foreign or alien insurance company, before doing business in this state, as defined in § 56-2-502, shall appoint the commissioner its true and lawful attorney as required by § 56-2-103(a)(3).   If the company does business in this state, as defined in § 56-2-502, without having appointed the commissioner its true and lawful attorney, as required in this part, it shall, by doing business in this state, be deemed to have thereby appointed the commissioner its true and lawful attorney for the purposes set forth in this part.   The requirements of this section shall be in addition to, and not in derogation of, any other law.
TN Code § 56-2-504 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 2 - Insurance Companies|Part 5 - Service of Process|§ 56-2-504. Any Lawful Process May Be Served on Commissioner or Secretary of State — Requirements

  When the commissioner has been appointed or constituted attorney for a foreign or alien insurance company, either by power of attorney or by failure to comply with § 56-2-503, any lawful process against or notice to the company in any action or proceeding against it from any cause of action arising in the state may be served on the commissioner, and filing the power of attorney or doing business in the state shall be a signification of its agreement that the process or notice served shall be of the same legal force and validity as if served upon it in the state. In case of any action or proceeding instituted by or on behalf of the commissioner against or with reference to the company, process may be lawfully served on the secretary of state.   Service of process shall be made by leaving two (2) copies of the process or notice, together with a fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00), in the office of the commissioner, together with an affidavit giving the last known address of the defendant, and the service shall be sufficient if notice of the service, and a copy of the process or notice are forthwith sent by registered mail, with return receipt requested, or certified mail by the commissioner to the company at the last known address. An affidavit of the commissioner showing compliance with this subsection (b) shall be filed with the paper in the action or proceeding.   The court in which the action or proceeding is pending may order continuances necessary to afford the defendant reasonable opportunity to defend the action. No judgment shall be entered against the defendant under this section until at least thirty (30) days have elapsed after process or notice has been served on the commissioner.   The references in this section to the commissioner shall, in the case of any action or proceeding instituted by or on behalf of the commissioner, be deemed to refer to the secretary of state, and the duties and responsibilities imposed by this section shall, in such cases, be performed and discharged by the secretary of state.
TN Code § 56-2-505 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 2 - Insurance Companies|Part 5 - Service of Process|§ 56-2-505. Unauthorized Insurers Doing Business Constitutes Secretary of State as Attorney for Service of Process

  Any act of entering into a contract of insurance as an insurer or transacting insurance business in this state, as set forth in § 56-2-107, by an unauthorized foreign or alien company, is equivalent to and constitutes an appointment by the company of the secretary of state to be its true and lawful attorney upon whom may be served all lawful process in any action or proceeding against it:  Arising out of a violation of § 56-2-105; or   To collect the taxes imposed in chapter 4 of this title.     The performance of any of the acts enumerated in § 56-2-107 is signification of the company's agreement that any such process against it that is so served is of the same legal force and validity as if served upon the company.
TN Code § 56-2-506 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 2 - Insurance Companies|Part 5 - Service of Process|§ 56-2-506. Method of Service — Notice to Defendant — Filing With Clerk

  Service of process shall be made by delivering and leaving with the secretary of state two (2) copies of the process.   The secretary of state shall forthwith mail by registered mail one (1) of the copies of the process to the company at its last known principal place of business, and shall keep a record of all process so served upon the secretary of state.   The service shall be sufficient service upon the company; provided, that notice of the service and a copy of the process are, within ten (10) days thereafter, sent by registered mail by or on behalf of the commissioner to the company at its last known principal place of business; and provided, further, that the receipt by the secretary of state and an affidavit of compliance with this section by or on behalf of the commissioner are filed with the clerk of the court in which the action or proceeding is pending on or before the return date of the process or within any further time that the court allows.
TN Code § 56-2-507 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 2 - Insurance Companies|Part 5 - Service of Process|§ 56-2-507. Continuance May Be Granted — Motion to Quash or Set Aside Service

  The court in any action or proceeding in which service is made in the manner provided in § 56-2-506 may, in its discretion, order a postponement necessary to afford the company reasonable opportunity to defend the action or proceeding.   Nothing in this section is to be construed to prevent an unauthorized foreign or alien company from filing a motion to quash a writ or to set aside service of the motion made in the manner provided in § 56-2-506 on the ground that the unauthorized company has not done any of the acts referred to in § 56-2-107.
TN Code § 56-2-508 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 2 - Insurance Companies|Part 5 - Service of Process|§ 56-2-508. Time Allowed Before Judgment

 No judgment by default shall be entered in the action or proceeding until the expiration of thirty (30) days from the date of the filing of the affidavit of compliance.
TN Code § 56-2-509 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 2 - Insurance Companies|Part 5 - Service of Process|§ 56-2-509. Provisions Supplemental

 Nothing in §§ 56-2-505 — 56-2-508 or this section shall limit or affect the right to serve any process, notice or demand required or permitted by law to be served upon any company in any other manner now or hereafter permitted by law.
TN Code § 56-2-601 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 2 - Insurance Companies|Part 6 - Unauthorized Insurers Process Act|§ 56-2-601. Short Title

 This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Unauthorized Insurers Process Act.”
TN Code § 56-2-602 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 2 - Insurance Companies|Part 6 - Unauthorized Insurers Process Act|§ 56-2-602. Acts Constituting Commissioner as Attorney for Service of Process

  Any of the following acts in this state, effected by mail or otherwise, by an unauthorized foreign or alien insurer, is equivalent to and shall constitute an appointment by the insurer of the commissioner and the commissioner's successor or successors in office, to be its true and lawful attorney, upon whom may be served all lawful process in any action, suit, or proceeding instituted by or on behalf of an insured or beneficiary arising out of the contract of insurance:  The issuance or delivery of contracts of insurance to residents of this state or to corporations authorized to do business in this state;   The solicitation of applications for the contracts;   The collection of premiums, membership fees, assessments or other considerations for the contracts; or   Any other transaction of insurance business.     Any of the acts mentioned in subdivsions (a)(1)-(4) shall be signification of the insurer's agreement that the service of process is of the same legal force and validity as personal service of process in this state upon the insurer.
TN Code § 56-2-603 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 2 - Insurance Companies|Part 6 - Unauthorized Insurers Process Act|§ 56-2-603. Method of Service — Notice to Defendant

  The service of process shall be made by delivering to and leaving with the commissioner or some person in apparent charge of the commissioner's office two (2) copies of the service of process and the payment to the commissioner or other person of the fees prescribed by law.   The commissioner shall forthwith mail by registered mail one (1) of the copies of the process to the defendant at its last known principal place of business, and shall keep a record of all process so served upon the commissioner.   The service of process is sufficient; provided, that notice of the service and a copy of the process are sent within ten (10) days thereafter by registered mail by plaintiff or plaintiff's attorney to the defendant at its last known principal place of business, and the defendant's receipt, or receipt issued by the post office with which the letter is registered, showing the name of the sender of the letter and the name and address of the person to whom the letter is addressed, and the affidavit of the plaintiff or plaintiff's attorney showing a compliance with this section are filed with the clerk of the court in which the action is pending on or before the date the defendant is required to appear, or within a further time that the court allows.
TN Code § 56-2-604 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 2 - Insurance Companies|Part 6 - Unauthorized Insurers Process Act|§ 56-2-604. Personal Service on Agent or Representative — Copy of Process to Defendant — Filing With Clerk

 Service of process in the action, suit or proceeding shall, in addition to the manner provided in § 56-2-603, be valid if:   Served upon any person within the state who, in this state on behalf of the insurer is soliciting insurance, is making, issuing or delivering any contract of insurance, or collecting or receiving any premium, membership fee, assessment or other consideration for insurance;   A copy of the process is sent within ten (10) days thereafter by registered mail by the plaintiff or plaintiff's attorney to the defendant at the last known principal place of business of the defendant; and   The defendant's receipt, or the receipt issued by the post office with which the letter is registered, showing the name of the sender of the letter and the name and address of the person to whom the letter is addressed, and the affidavit of the plaintiff or plaintiff's attorney showing a compliance with this section are filed with the clerk of the court in which the action is pending on or before the date the defendant is required to appear, or within a further time that the court allows.
TN Code § 56-2-605 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 2 - Insurance Companies|Part 6 - Unauthorized Insurers Process Act|§ 56-2-605. Time Allowed Before Judgment

 No plaintiff or complainant shall be entitled to a judgment by default, or a judgment with leave to prove damages, or a judgment pro confesso under §§ 56-2-602 — 56-2-604, this section and § 56-2-606 until the expiration of thirty (30) days from the date of the filing of the affidavit of compliance.
TN Code § 56-2-606 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 2 - Insurance Companies|Part 6 - Unauthorized Insurers Process Act|§ 56-2-606. Provisions Supplemental

 Nothing contained in §§ 56-2-602 — 56-2-605 and this section shall limit or abridge the right to serve any process, notice or demand upon any insurer in any other manner now or hereafter permitted by law.
TN Code § 56-2-607 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 2 - Insurance Companies|Part 6 - Unauthorized Insurers Process Act|§ 56-2-607. Defense by Insurer — Bond or Certificate of Authority

 Before any unauthorized foreign or alien insurer files or causes to be filed any pleading in any action, suit or proceeding instituted against it, the unauthorized insurer shall:   Deposit with the clerk of the court in which the action, suit or proceeding is pending cash or securities or file with the clerk a bond with good and sufficient sureties, to be approved by the court, in an amount to be fixed by the court sufficient to secure the payment of any final judgment that may be rendered in the action; or   Procure a certificate of authority to transact the business of insurance in this state.