2023 Tennessee Code › Title 56 - INSURANCE (§§ 56-1-101 — 56-61-125) › Chapter 13 - REVISED TENNESSEE CAPTIVE INSURANCE ACT (§§ 56-13-101 — 56-13-418) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 56-13-101 — 56-13-125) › Section 56-13-111 - Investment requirements

(a)
Except as may be otherwise authorized by the commissioner, association captive insurance companies and risk retention groups shall comply with the investment requirements contained in §§
56-3-401
- 56-3-409, as applicable. Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the commissioner may approve the use of alternative reliable methods of valuation and rating.
(b)
No pure captive insurance company, industrial insured captive insurance company, protected cell captive insurance company, incorporated cell captive insurance company or special purpose financial captive insurance company as defined in part 4 of this chapter shall be subject to any restrictions on allowable investments; provided, that the commissioner may prohibit or limit any investment that threatens the solvency or liquidity of any such company. Companies under this subsection (b) must file with the commissioner a statement of investment policy approved by its governing body that describes the types of investments that the company may elect to undertake and may not make investments that materially deviate from the statement of investment policy that is on file with the commissioner.
(c)
No pure captive insurance company shall make a loan to or an investment in its parent company or affiliates without prior written approval of the commissioner, and any such loan or investment shall be evidenced by documentation approved by the commissioner. Loans of minimum capital and surplus funds required by §
56-13-105
are prohibited.
(d)
(1)
Notwithstanding this section or chapter 3, part 4 of this title, an association captive insurance company of an association described in §
56-13-102(3)(B)
may hold any interest in qualified headquarters property as defined in subdivision (d)(2), and the qualified headquarters property shall be admitted assets and authorized investments of the association captive insurance company. The net book value of the qualified headquarters property deemed admitted and authorized under this subsection (d) may not exceed two million five hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000), and an association captive insurance company holding qualified headquarters property pursuant to this subsection (d) shall at all times maintain total surplus, without regard to the qualified headquarters property, of at least the sum of:
(A)
Fifty percent (50%) of the net book value of the qualified headquarters property; and
(B)
The minimum capital and surplus requirements.
(2)
For purposes of this subsection (d), "qualified headquarters property" includes the real property and the building in which the principal office of the association captive insurance company is located and also includes any improved and unimproved real property of the association captive insurance company that is located within one thousand five hundred feet (1,500') of the company's principal office.
Amended by 2015 Tenn. Acts, ch. 156,s 8, eff. 4/17/2015.
Acts 2011, ch. 468, § 1.