Tennessee § 56-8-101 - Short title — Purpose — Authority of commissioner.

§ 56-8-101. Short title — Purpose — Authority of commissioner.

This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Tennessee Unfair Trade Practices and Unfair Claims Settlement Act of 2009”. The purpose of this part is to regulate trade and claims settlement practices in the business of insurance in accordance with the intent of congress as expressed in the Act of Congress of March 9, 1945, (Public Law 15, 79th Congress) and the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (Public Law 106-102, 106th Congress), by defining, or providing for the determination of, all such practices in this state that constitute unfair methods of competition or unfair or deceptive acts or practices and by prohibiting the trade practices and claim settlement practices so defined or determined. Notwithstanding any other state law to the contrary, the commissioner shall have sole enforcement authority for this part, and nothing in this part shall be construed to create or imply a private cause of action for a violation of this part. Acts 2008, ch. 1079, §§ 1, 2. Compiler's Notes. Former chapter 8 (Acts 1895, ch. 160, §§ 28, 29; 1907, ch. 455, §§ 1-4; 1907, ch. 456, §§ 1, 2; Shan., §§ 3312, 3312 (a) (1), 3313, 3348a18 — 3348a23; Acts 1919, ch. 24, §§ 1-3; 1919, ch. 176, § 1; Shan. Supp., §§ 3348a7b1 — 3348a7b3; Code 1932, §§ 6132-6134, 6176-6178, 6189-6194; Acts 1937, ch. 271, § 1; 1937, ch. 272, § 1; 1947, ch. 202, §§ 2-13; C. Supp. 1950, §§ 6134, 6176, 6459.46 — 6459.57; Acts 1967, ch. 140, § 1; 1976, ch. 437, § 1; 1978, ch. 693, §§ 1-3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 56-1202 — 56-1227, §§ 56-8-101 — 56-8-113 , 56-8-201 — 56-8-214 ), concerning unfair competition and unlawful practices, was repealed by Acts 1981, ch. 347, § 1. Former part 1, §§ 56-8-101 — 56-8-120 (Acts 1981, ch. 347, §§ 2-19; 1982, ch. 921, §§ 1, 2; 1984, ch. 582, § 2; 1985, ch. 349, § 1; 1988, ch. 690, § 1; 1989, ch. 26, § 1; 1989, ch. 564, § 7; 1993, ch. 198, § 1; 1993, ch. 369, § 1; 1996, ch. 654, § 1; 2000, ch. 851, § 2; Acts 2001, ch. 107, § 1; 2003, ch. 31, §§ 6, 7; 2003, ch. 54, § 1; 2004, ch. 962, §§ 39, 40; 2007, ch. 339, §§ 2, 3), concerning unfair competition and deceptive acts, was repealed effective January 1, 2009, by Acts 2008, ch. 1079, § 1, which also enacted a new title 56, ch. 8, part 1 effective January 1, 2009. Cross-References. Applicability to health maintenance organizations, § 56-32-113 . Insurance company's address to appear on insurance policy, § 56-2-119 . Medicare supplement insurance, unfair or deceptive acts, §§ 56-7-1404 , 56-7-1405 . Law Reviews. Bad Faith: Building a House of Straw, Sticks, or Bricks (Constance A. Anastopoulo), 42 U. Mem. L. Rev. 687 (2012). Less Protection: Revisions Narrow Scope of Tennessee Consumer Protection Act (James M. Davis), 49 Tenn. B.J. 12 (2013).