(a) The license of a captive insurance company may be suspended or revoked by the commissioner for any of the following reasons:

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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 56-13-110

  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
(1) Insolvency or impairment of capital or surplus;
(2) Failure to meet the requirements of § 56-13-105;
(3) Refusal or failure to submit an annual report, as required by this chapter, or any other report or statement required by law or by lawful order of the commissioner;
(4) Failure to comply with its own charter, bylaws or other organizational document;
(5) Failure to submit to or pay the cost of examination or any legal obligation relative to an examination, as required by this chapter;
(6) Use of methods that, although not otherwise specifically prohibited by law, nevertheless render its operation detrimental or its condition unsound with respect to the public or to its policyholders; or
(7) Failure otherwise to comply with the laws of this state.
(b) If the commissioner finds, upon examination, hearing, or other evidence, that any captive insurance company has violated subsection (a), then the commissioner may suspend or revoke such company’s license if the commissioner deems it in the best interest of the public and the policyholders of such captive insurance company, notwithstanding any other provision of this title.
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