(a) No captive insurance companies shall be required to make any annual report except as provided in this chapter and as required by title 48 and title 61.
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 56-13-108

  • Captive insurance company: means any pure captive insurance company, association captive insurance company, agency captive insurance company, industrial insured captive insurance company, risk retention group, protected cell captive insurance company, incorporated cell captive insurance company, or special purpose financial captive insurance company formed or licensed under this chapter. See Tennessee Code 56-13-102
  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of the department, or the commissioner's designee. See Tennessee Code 56-13-102
  • Industrial insured: means an insured:
    (A) Who procures the insurance of any risk or risks by use of the services of a full-time employee acting as an insurance manager or buyer. See Tennessee Code 56-13-102
  • Industrial insured captive insurance company: means any company that insures risks of the industrial insureds that comprise the industrial insured group, and that may insure the risks of the affiliated companies of the industrial insureds and the risks of the controlled unaffiliated business of an industrial insured or its affiliated companies. See Tennessee Code 56-13-102
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Oath: includes affirmation. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Pure captive insurance company: means any company that insures risks of its parent and affiliated companies or a controlled unaffiliated business or businesses. See Tennessee Code 56-13-102
  • Risk retention group: means a captive insurance company organized under the laws of this state pursuant to the Liability Risk Retention Act of 1986, as amended, (15 U. See Tennessee Code 56-13-102
  • 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
(b) Prior to March 15 of each year, each captive insurance company shall submit to the commissioner a report of its financial condition, verified by oath of two (2) of its executive officers; provided, however, that a captive insurance company organized as a risk retention group shall instead submit to the commissioner a report of its financial condition prior to March 1 of each year, verified by oath of two (2) of its executive officers. Each captive insurance company, including risk retention groups organized under this chapter, shall report using generally accepted accounting principles, unless the commissioner requires, approves, or accepts the use of statutory accounting principles or other comprehensive basis of accounting. The commissioner may require, approve, or accept any appropriate or necessary modifications of the statutory accounting principles or other comprehensive basis of accounting for the type of insurance and kinds of insurers to be reported upon. The commissioner may require additional information to supplement such report. Except as otherwise provided, each risk retention group shall file its report in the form required by this title, and each risk retention group shall comply with the requirements set forth in this title. The commissioner shall by rule propose the forms in which pure captive insurance companies and industrial insured captive insurance companies shall report. Section 56-13-103(c)(3) shall apply to each report filed pursuant to this section; provided, that § 56-13-103(c)(3) shall not apply to reports filed by risk retention groups.
(c) A captive insurance company, except for a risk retention group, may make written application to the commissioner for filing the required report on a fiscal year-end. If an alternative reporting date is granted by the commissioner, then:

(1) The annual report is due seventy-five (75) days after the fiscal year-end; and
(2) In order to provide sufficient detail to support the premium tax return, the pure captive insurance company or industrial insured captive insurance company shall file, prior to March 15 of each year for each calendar year-end, such information as may be required on a form approved by the commissioner, verified by oath of two (2) of its executive officers, unless the commissioner approves an alternative date for filing and paying the premium tax.
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