(a) All policies, including bonds and other noncancellable business, other than life or health insurance or annuities, in effect at the time of issuance of an order of liquidation, shall continue in force only for the lesser of:

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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 56-9-308

  • Foreign: when used without limitation, includes all companies formed by authority of any other state or government. See Tennessee Code 56-1-102
  • Foreign guaranty association: means any entities similar to a guaranty association now in existence in or hereafter created by the legislature of any other state. See Tennessee Code 56-9-103
  • Guaranty association: means the Tennessee insurance guaranty association created by chapter 12, part 1 of this title, the life and health insurance guaranty association created by chapter 12, part 2 of this title, and any other similar entity now or hereafter created by the general assembly of this state for the payment of claims of insolvent insurers. See Tennessee Code 56-9-103
  • Insurer: means any person who has done, purports to do, is doing or is licensed to do an insurance business, and is or has been subject to the authority of, or to liquidation, rehabilitation, reorganization, supervision, or conservation by, any insurance commissioner. See Tennessee Code 56-9-103
  • 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.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Transfer: includes the sale and every other and different mode, direct or indirect, of disposing of or of parting with property or with an interest therein, or with the possession thereof or of fixing a lien upon property or upon an interest therein, absolutely or conditionally, voluntarily, by or without judicial proceedings. See Tennessee Code 56-9-103
(1) A period of thirty (30) days from the date of entry of the liquidation orders;
(2) The expiration of the policy coverage;
(3) The date when the insured has replaced the insurance coverage with equivalent insurance in another insurer or otherwise terminated the policy;
(4) The date when the liquidator has effected a transfer of the policy obligation pursuant to § 56-9-310(a)(10); or
(5) The date proposed by the liquidator and approved by the court to cancel coverage.
(b) An order of liquidation under § 56-9-307 shall terminate coverage at the time specified in subsection (a) for purposes of any other statute.
(c) Policies of life or health insurance or annuities shall continue in force for the period and under the terms that are provided for by any applicable guaranty association or foreign guaranty association.
(d) Policies of life or health insurance or annuities or any period of coverage of the policies not covered by a guaranty association or foreign guaranty association shall terminate under subsections (a) and (b).
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