Tennessee Code 62-35-114 – Certificates of insurance – General liability coverage
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 62-35-114
- Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
- Commissioner: means the commissioner of commerce and insurance or the commissioner's designee. See Tennessee Code 62-35-102
- Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
- Representative: when applied to those who represent a decedent, includes executors and administrators, unless the context implies heirs and distributees. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
- 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
All licensees and employers of private security guards/officers shall retain a certificate of insurance evidencing general liability coverage for the negligent act or acts of the principal insured or the principal insured’s agents operating in the course and scope of employment for bodily injury, personal injury and property damage, with endorsements for personal injury, including false arrest, libel, slander and invasion of privacy, in the minimum amount of three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) for bodily or personal injury and one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for property damage. The certificate shall be available for inspection during normal business hours on request of the commissioner or duly appointed and identified representative or representatives. The certificates shall provide that the insurance shall not be modified or cancelled without thirty (30) days’ prior notice to the commissioner. All persons required to be insured by this chapter must be insured by a carrier approved in the state in which the insurance has been purchased or in this state.