§ 56-19-109 — License - Conditions precedent

No such company shall issue policies or transact any business of insurance, unless it holds a license from the commissioner authorizing the transaction of the business, which license shall not be issued until and unless the company complies with the following conditions: (1) It shall hold bona fide applications for insurance upon which it shall issue simultaneously, or it shall have in force, at least twenty (20) policies to at least twenty (20) members for the same kind of insurance upon not less than two hundred (200) separate risks, each within the maximum single risk described in subdivision (2); (2) The "maximum single risk" shall not exceed twenty percent (20%) of the admitted assets or three (3) times the average risk of one percent (1%) of the insurance in force, whichever is the greater, any reinsurance taking effect simultaneously with the policy being deducted in determining the maximum single risk; (3) It shall have collected a premium upon each application, which premiums shall be held in cash or securities in which insurance companies are authorized to invest and shall be equal, in case of fire insurance to not less than twice the maximum single risk assumed subject to one (1) fire nor less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), and in any other kind of insurance to not less than five (5) times the maximum single risk assumed, and in case of workers' compensation insurance to not less than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000); (4) For the purpose of transacting employer's liability and workers' compensation insurance, the applications shall cover not less than one thousand five hundred (1,500) employees, each such employee being considered a separate risk for determining the maximum single risk; and (5) Satisfy the commissioner that its financial condition, methods of operation and manner of doing business are adequate to meet its obligations to all policyholders in this state.

Legislative History

Acts 1919, ch. 108, § 7; Shan. Supp., § 3369a58b13; Code 1932, § 6325; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 56-1709.