Requirements for surplus lines contracts

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TN Code › Title 56 › Chapter 14 › Section 56-14-107

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(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. (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. Acts 1969, ch. 270, § 7; T.C.A., § 56-3807; Acts 2011, ch. 446, § 1.

(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.

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.

(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.

Acts 1969, ch. 270, § 7; T.C.A., § 56-3807; Acts 2011, ch. 446, § 1.

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