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Tenn. Code Ann. § 56-14-110

Validity of contracts

Known as the Surplus Lines Insurance Act

The act spans §§ 56-14-101 to 56-14-117 (17 sections).

Acts 1969, ch. 270, § 10; T.C.A., § 56-3810; Acts 2011, ch. 446, § 1.

(1) Insurance contracts procured as surplus line insurance coverage from unauthorized companies in accordance with this chapter shall be fully valid and enforceable as to all parties, and shall be given recognition in all matters and respects to the same effect and extent as like contracts issued by authorized companies.

(2) A contract of insurance placed in effect by an unauthorized company in violation of this chapter is unenforceable by the company. The insured shall not be precluded from enforcing the insured's rights in accordance with the terms and provisions of the contract.

Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.