Tennessee § 56-3-105 Regulation of compensation of officers, agents and employees of life insurance companies and fraternal benefit societies

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§ 56-3-105 — Regulation of compensation of officers, agents and employees of life insurance companies and fraternal benefit societies

Tennessee § 56-3-105

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Bluebook

Tenn. Code Ann. § 56-3-105 (2026).

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(a)A domestic stock or mutual life insurance company or fraternal benefit society shall not:

(1)Pay any salary, compensation or emolument to any director or trustee regardless of amount, or to any officer, employee or other person, firm or corporation amounting in any one (1) year to more than the amount set forth in the appropriate schedule of the annual statement filed with the commissioner pursuant to § 56-1-501 , unless the payment has first been authorized by a vote of the board of directors of the company or society;

(2)Pay any other compensation or emolument to any officer, director or trustee of the company or society who is paid a salary for services of more than one hundred dollars ($100) per month; or (3) Enter into an agreement for a term longer than twelve (12) months from

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(a) A domestic stock or mutual life insurance company or fraternal benefit society shall not: (1) Pay any salary, compensation or emolument to any director or trustee regardless of amount, or to any officer, employee or other person, firm or corporation amounting in any one (1) year to more than the amount set forth in the appropriate schedule of the annual statement filed with the commissioner pursuant to § 56-1-501 , unless the payment has first been authorized by a vote of the board of directors of the company or society; (2) Pay any other compensation or emolument to any officer, director or trustee of the company or society who is paid a salary for services of more than one hundred dollars ($100) per month; or (3) Enter into an agreement for a term longer than twelve (12) months from the date of the agreement with any officer, director, trustee or salaried employee of the company or society providing for the payment of any salary, compensation or emolument for any services rendered or to be rendered. (b) This section shall not prohibit the life insurance company or society from entering into an agreement with: (1) Any officer or employee of the company or society for the payment of deferred compensation beyond the period of twelve (12) months from the date of the agreement; (2) Any officer or employee of the company or society for a stock option plan, stock purchase plan, stock bonus plan, or other incentive compensation plan, if, before the plan is entered into or becomes effective, it is first approved by the commissioner; (3) Any agent, general agent or district manager of the company or society providing for the payment of commissions on the regular commission basis; or (4) Any agent of the company or society providing for the payment of renewal commissions. (c) No domestic or foreign life insurance company or society doing business in this state shall calculate or pay, directly or indirectly, the compensation of any officer, director or trustee of the company or society as a percentage of the premiums collected or the insurance written by the company or society unless it first obtains the approval of the commissioner.

Legislative History

Acts 1907, ch. 440, § 1; Shan., § 3348a25; Code 1932, § 6196; Acts 1959, ch. 84, § 1; 1961, ch. 34, § 1; 1967, ch. 30, § 1; 1969, ch. 161, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1971, ch. 137, § 2; 1977, ch. 11, § 1; T.C.A., §§ 56-231, 56-321; Acts 1981, ch. 269, § 1.