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Tenn. Code Ann. § 56-7-1404

Unfair or deceptive acts in replacement transactions

Known as the Tennessee Insurance Law

The act spans §§ 56-10-101 to 56-8-206 (1,220 sections).

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 65 F. Supp. 2d 573 - Vencor Inc. v. Standard Life & Accident Insurance (1999)

Most recently applied in 65 F. Supp. 2d 573 - Vencor Inc. v. Standard Life & Accident Insurance (September 1999)

Acts 1988, ch. 989, § 10; T.C.A. § 56-7-1428.

With respect to any policy of medicare supplement insurance in a replacement transaction, as the term has been defined by the commissioner, the following are unfair or deceptive acts and shall be sanctioned as provided in chapter 8 of this title:

(1) In the case of any insurer, failing to provide an unconditional refund offer of at least thirty (30) days from the date of delivery of the policy;

(2) In the case of any insurer, failing to send any notice required by statute or rule to an existing insurer; or

(3) In the case of replacement of a medicare supplement insurance policy, failing to give notice to an applicant for medicare supplement insurance of the adverse consequences that may result from surrendering an existing insurance policy prior to the determination of insurability by the replacing insurer. The notice shall be in the form prescribed by the commissioner, and receipt of the notice shall be acknowledged by signature of the applicant. A copy of the signed notice shall be provided to the existing insurer in accordance with rules adopted by the commissioner.

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.