(a) For each insured whose home state is Tennessee, every new or renewed insurance contract certificate, cover note or other confirmation of insurance procured and delivered as a surplus line insurance coverage pursuant to this chapter shall bear the name and address of the writing agent and shall have stamped, affixed, or printed upon it the following:

This insurance contract is with an insurer not licensed to transact insurance in this state and is issued and delivered as a surplus lines coverage pursuant to the Tennessee insurance statutes.

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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 56-14-107

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • State: includes any state in the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa. See Tennessee Code 56-14-102
  • Writing agent: means the licensed insurance agent who accepts the application for nonadmitted insurance directly or indirectly from the prospective insured. See Tennessee Code 56-14-102
(b) The document shall show the description and location of the subject of the insurance, coverage, conditions, and term of the insurance, the premium and rate charged and premium taxes to be collected from the insured and the name and address of the insured and insurer. If the direct risk is assumed by more than one (1) insurer, the document shall state the name and address and proportion of the entire direct risk assumed by each insurer.
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