(a) 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.
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 56-2-406

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of commerce and insurance. See Tennessee Code 56-1-102
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Foreign: when used without limitation, includes all companies formed by authority of any other state or government. See Tennessee Code 56-1-102
  • Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in a perceivable form. 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) 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.
(c) 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.
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