(a) Each viatical settlement provider shall file with the commissioner on or before March 1 of each year an annual statement containing such information as the commissioner may prescribe by regulation. In addition to any other requirements, the annual statement shall specify the total number, aggregate face amount and life settlement proceeds of policies settled during the immediately preceding calendar year, together with a breakdown of the information by policy issue year.
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 56-50-106

  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of commerce and insurance. See Tennessee Code 56-50-102
  • Financing entity: means an underwriter, placement agent, lender, purchaser of securities, purchaser of a policy or certificate from a viatical settlement provider, credit enhancer or any entity that has a direct ownership in a policy or certificate that is the subject of a viatical settlement contract, but:
    (i) Whose principal activity related to the transaction is providing funds to effect the viatical settlement or purchase of one (1) or more viaticated policies. See Tennessee Code 56-50-102
  • Person: means a natural person or a legal entity, including, but not limited to, an individual, partnership, limited liability company, association, trust or corporation. See Tennessee Code 56-50-102
  • Policy: means an individual or group policy, group certificate, contract or arrangement of life insurance owned by a resident of this state, regardless of whether delivered or issued for delivery in this state. See Tennessee Code 56-50-102
  • Related provider trust: means a titling trust or other trust established by a licensed viatical settlement provider or a financing entity for the sole purpose of holding the ownership or beneficial interest in purchased policies in connection with a financing transaction. See Tennessee Code 56-50-102
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Special purpose entity: means a corporation, partnership, trust, limited liability company or other similar entity formed solely to provide, either directly or indirectly, access to institutional capital markets:
    (A) For a financing entity or licensed viatical settlement provider. See Tennessee Code 56-50-102
  • Viatical settlement broker: means a person, including a life insurance producer, as provided for in §. See Tennessee Code 56-50-102
  • Viatical settlement investment agent: means a person who is an appointed or contracted agent of a licensed viatical settlement provider who solicits or arranges the funding for the purchase of a viatical settlement by a viatical settlement purchaser and who is acting on behalf of a viatical settlement provider. See Tennessee Code 56-50-102
  • Viatical settlement provider: means a person, other than a viator, that enters into or effectuates a viatical settlement contract with a viator resident in this state. See Tennessee Code 56-50-102
  • Viatical settlement purchase agreement: means a contract or agreement, entered into by a viatical settlement purchaser, to which the viator is not a party, to purchase a life insurance policy or an interest in a life insurance policy that is entered into for the purpose of deriving an economic benefit. See Tennessee Code 56-50-102
  • Viatical settlement purchaser: means a person who provides a sum of money as consideration for a life insurance policy or an interest in the death benefits of a life insurance policy, or a person who owns or acquires or is entitled to a beneficial interest in a trust that owns a viatical settlement contract or is the beneficiary of a life insurance policy that has been or will be the subject of a viatical settlement contract, for the purpose of deriving an economic benefit. See Tennessee Code 56-50-102
  • viator: includes , but is not limited to, an owner of a life insurance policy or a certificate holder under a group policy insuring the life of an individual with a terminal or chronic illness or condition except where specifically addressed. See Tennessee Code 56-50-102
  • 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) Except as otherwise allowed or required by law, a viatical settlement provider, viatical settlement broker, viatical settlement investment agent, insurance company, insurance producer, information bureau, rating agency or company or any other person with actual knowledge of an insured’s identity shall not disclose that identity as an insured or the insured’s financial or medical information to any other person unless the disclosure:

(1) Is necessary to effect a viatical settlement between the viator and a viatical settlement provider and the viator and insured have provided prior written consent to the disclosure;
(2) Is necessary to effect a viatical settlement purchase agreement between the viatical settlement purchaser and a viatical settlement provider and the viator and insured have provided prior written consent to the disclosure;
(3) Is provided in response to an investigation or examination by the commissioner or any other governmental officer or agency or pursuant to the requirements of § 56-50-114(c);
(4) Is a term of or condition to the transfer of a policy by one (1) viatical settlement provider to another viatical settlement provider;
(5) Is necessary to permit a financing entity, related provider trust or special purpose entity to finance the purchase of policies by a viatical settlement provider and the viator and insured have provided prior written consent to the disclosure;
(6) Is necessary to allow the viatical settlement provider or viatical settlement broker or their authorized representatives to make contacts for the purpose of determining health status; or
(7) Is required to purchase stop loss coverage or financial guaranty insurance.
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