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Tennessee Statutes, Title 56

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Title 56, Insurance

59 chapters · 1,882 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 561,882 Ch 7, Policies and Policyholders389 Ch 6, Agents, Solicitors and Administrators133 Ch 2, Insurance Companies97 Ch 1, Department of Commerce and Insurance84 Ch 9, Insurers Rehabilitation and Liquidat…71 Ch 3, Operation of Insurance Companies61 Ch 13, Revised Tennessee Captive Insurance Act59 Ch 51, Tennessee Prepaid Limited Health Ser…55 Ch 26, Accident and Sickness Insurance42 Ch 4, Fees and Taxes41 Ch 12, Insurance Guaranty Associations41 Ch 25, Fraternal Benefit Societies38 Ch 35, Title Insurance Law38 Ch 30, Dental Service Plan Law, 196135

13 sections·Filtered byTitle 56✕Ch 36✕

Tenn. Code Ann. § 56-36-101 Short title
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This chapter is known and may be cited as the “Standard Nonforfeiture Law for Individual Deferred Annuities.”
Tenn. Code Ann. § 56-36-102 Applicability
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This chapter does not apply to any reinsurance, group annuity purchased under a retirement plan or plan of deferred compensation established or maintained by an employer, including a partnership or sole proprietorship, or by an employee organization, or by both, other than a plan…
Tenn. Code Ann. § 56-36-103 Nonforfeiture requirements
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(a) In the case of contracts issued on or after March 12, 2004, no contract of annuity, except as stated in § 56-36-102, shall be delivered or issued for delivery in this state unless it contains in substance the following provisions, or corresponding provisions, which in the opi…
Tenn. Code Ann. § 56-36-104 Minimum values
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(a) Prior to July 1, 2006, a company may elect to comply with this subsection (a) or subsection (b). On and after July 1, 2006, all companies shall comply with subsection (b). The minimum values as specified in this chapter in §§ 56-36-105 — 56-36-108 and 56-36-110 of any paid-up…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 56-36-105 Computation of present value

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Any paid-up annuity benefit available under a contract shall be such that its present value on the date annuity payments are to commence is at least equal to the minimum nonforfeiture amount on that date. The present value shall be computed using the mortality table, if any, and …

Tenn. Code Ann. § 56-36-106 Calculation of cash surrender values

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For contracts that provide cash surrender benefits, the cash surrender benefits available prior to maturity shall not be less than the present value as of the date of surrender of that portion of the maturity value of the paid-up annuity benefit that would be provided under the c…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 56-36-107 Calculation of paid-up annuity benefits

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For contracts which do not provide cash surrender benefits, the present value of any paid-up annuity benefit available as a nonforfeiture option at any time prior to maturity shall not be less than the present value of that portion of the maturity value of the paid-up annuity ben…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 56-36-108 Maturity date

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For the purpose of determining the benefits calculated under §§ 56-36-106 and 56-36-107, in the case of annuity contracts under which an election may be made to have annuity payments commenced at optional maturity dates, the maturity date shall be deemed to be the latest date for…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 56-36-109 Disclosure of limited benefits

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Any contract that does not provide cash surrender benefits or does not provide death benefits at least equal to the minimum nonforfeiture amount prior to the commencement of any annuity payments shall include a statement in a prominent place in the contract that the benefits are …

Tenn. Code Ann. § 56-36-110 Inclusion of lapse of time considerations

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Any paid-up annuity, cash surrender or death benefits available at any time, other than on the contract anniversary under any contract with fixed scheduled considerations, shall be calculated with allowance for the lapse of time and the payment of any scheduled considerations bey…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 56-36-111 Minimum forfeiture benefits

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(1) For any contract that provides, within the same contract by rider or supplemental contract provisions, both annuity benefits and life insurance benefits that are in excess of the greater of cash surrender benefits or a return of the gross considerations with interest, the min…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 56-36-112 Operative dates

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After March 13, 1978, any company may file with the commissioner a written notice of its election to comply with this chapter after a specified date, which shall be the operative date of this chapter for the company, and this chapter shall become operative with respect to annuity…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 56-36-113 Rules

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The commissioner may adopt rules and regulations, in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, to implement this chapter.