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Tennessee Code Title 56. Insurance § 56-25-605

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) No foreign or alien society shall transact business in this state without a license issued by the commissioner.

(b) Any such society desiring admission to this state shall comply substantially with the requirements and limitations of this chapter applicable to domestic societies. Any such society may be licensed to transact business in this state after first having shown to the satisfaction of the commissioner that it has maintained an active bona fide lodge for a period of not less than three (3) years and:

(1) Upon filing with the commissioner:

(A) A duly certified copy of its articles of incorporation;

(B) A copy of its bylaws, certified by its secretary or corresponding officer;

(C) A power of attorney to the commissioner as prescribed in § 56-25-701;

(D) A statement of its business under oath of its president and secretary or corresponding officers in a form prescribed by the commissioner, duly verified by an examination made by the supervising insurance official of its home state or other state, territory, province or country, satisfactory to the commissioner;

(E) Certification from the proper officials of its home state, territory, province or country that the society is legally incorporated and licensed to transact business there;

(F) Copies of its certificate forms; and

(G) Other information the commissioner may deem necessary; and

(2) Upon a showing that its assets are invested in accordance with this chapter.

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