(a) Any director, officer or member of any such company, or any other person, may advance to the company any sum or sums of money necessary for the purpose of its business or to enable it to comply with any of the requirements of the law, and the money and the interest thereon as may have been agreed upon, not exceeding the legal rate of interest, shall be payable only out of the surplus remaining after providing for all reserves and other liabilities and shall not otherwise be a liability or claim against the company or any of its assets.

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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 56-19-117

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Person: means any association, aggregate of individuals, business, company, corporation, individual, joint-stock company, Lloyds-type organization, organization, partnership, receiver, reciprocal or interinsurance exchange, trustee or society. See Tennessee Code 56-16-102
(b) No commission or promotion expenses shall be paid in connection with the advance of any such money to the company and the amount of the advance shall be reported in each annual statement.