Tennessee § 56-16-201 - Statements of subscribers — Filing — Contents.

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§ 56-16-201. Statements of subscribers — Filing — Contents.

Subscribers contracting among themselves pursuant to part 1 of this chapter shall, through their attorney, file with the commissioner a declaration verified by the oath of the attorney, setting forth: The name or title of the office at which the subscribers propose to exchange the indemnity contracts. The name or title shall not be so similar to any other name or title previously adopted by a similar organization, or by any insurance corporation or association as in the opinion of the commissioner is calculated to result in confusion or deception. The office or offices through which the indemnity contracts shall be exchanged shall be classified as reciprocal or interinsurance exchanges; The kind or kinds of insurance to be effected or exchanged; A copy of the form of policy contract or agreement under or by which the insurance is to be effected or exchanged; A copy of the form of the subscriber's agreement and power of attorney or other authority of the attorney under which the insurance is to be effected or exchanged; The location of the office or offices from which the contracts or agreements are to be issued; That applications have been made for indemnity upon at least twenty-five (25) separate risks aggregating not less than one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) as represented by executed contracts or bona fide applications to become concurrently effective, or, in the case of liability or compensation insurance, covering a total payroll of not less than one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000); and That there is on deposit with the attorney and available for the payment of losses a sum of not less than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000). Acts 1990, ch. 728, § 2; T.C.A. § 56-16-301 . Code Commission Notes. Former part 3, §§ 56-16-301 — 56-16-310 , was redesignated as part 2, §§ 56-16-201 — 56-16-210 , by the code commission in 2008.

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