Tennessee Code Title 56. Insurance § 56-7-904

(1) “Claims” means benefits payable on death or disability, excluding loss adjustment expense, claims settlement costs, or other additions of any kind;

(2) “Claims incurred” means claims actually paid during the reporting year, plus the reserves at the end of the year for reported claims in the process of settlement and for claims incurred but not reported, less the corresponding reserves at the end of the preceding year. All reserves shall be determined in a consistent manner from year to year;

(3) “Credit life insurance” means insurance on the life of a debtor for a period of ten (10) years or less in connection with a specific loan or other credit transaction of fifteen (15) years duration or less to provide payment to a creditor in the event of the death of a debtor;

(4) “Creditor” means the lender of money or vendor or lessor of goods, services, or property, rights, or privileges, for which payment is arranged through a credit transaction, or any successor to the right, title, or interest of the lender, vendor, or lessor, or an affiliate, associate or subsidiary of any of them, or any director, officer or employee of any of them, or any other person in any way associated with them;

(5) “Debtor” means a borrower of money or a purchaser or lessee of goods, services, property, rights or privileges for which payment is arranged through a credit transaction;

(6) “Identifiable charge” means the amount a creditor charges a debtor or collects from the debtor for credit life insurance in addition to any other stated charges, including interest or discount, permitted by law. A differential in interest rates between insured and uninsured loans is an identifiable charge;

(7) “Indebtedness” means the total amount payable by a debtor to a creditor in connection with a loan or other credit transaction;

(8) “Insurer” means an insurance company licensed to write credit life insurance;

(9) “Joint life coverage” means credit life insurance covering two (2) or more lives, either on a level or decreasing term basis where the entire sum insured becomes payable upon the death of the first insured debtor to die while the insurance is in force; and