(a) Any foreign or alien insurance company, before doing business in this state, as defined in § 56-2-502, shall appoint the commissioner its true and lawful attorney as required by § 56-2-103(a)(3).
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 56-2-503

  • Attorney: means the person designated and authorized by subscribers as the attorney-in-fact having authority to obligate them on reciprocal insurance contracts. See Tennessee Code 56-16-102
  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of commerce and insurance. See Tennessee Code 56-1-102
  • Foreign: when used without limitation, includes all companies formed by authority of any other state or government. See Tennessee Code 56-1-102
  • 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
(b) If the company does business in this state, as defined in § 56-2-502, without having appointed the commissioner its true and lawful attorney, as required in this part, it shall, by doing business in this state, be deemed to have thereby appointed the commissioner its true and lawful attorney for the purposes set forth in this part.
(c) The requirements of this section shall be in addition to, and not in derogation of, any other law.
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