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Home » US Law » 2021 Tennessee Code » Title 56 - Insurance » Chapter 7 - Policies and Policyholders » Part 23 - Mandated Insurer or Plan Coverage

§ 56-7-2301. Health Insurance — Newly Born Children — Coverage — Notification

All individual and group health insurance policies providing coverage on an expense incurred basis and individual and group service or indemnity type contracts issued by a nonprofit corporation that provide coverage for a child of the insured or subscriber shall, as to the child’s coverage, also provide that the health insurance benefits applicable to children, […]

§ 56-7-2303. Forfeiture and Lapse Restrictions

No insurance company doing business in this state shall declare any life insurance policy or any noncancellable or guaranteed renewable accident and health insurance policy owned by a resident of this state forfeited or lapsed within six (6) months after default in payment of any premium, installment or interest, unless a written or printed notice […]

§ 56-7-2304. Continuation of Coverage on Group Contracts

The commissioner is authorized to adopt rules applicable to insurance policies and subscriber contracts provided by an insurance company or a nonprofit service corporation on a group or group-type basis establishing reasonable requirements for extension of benefits and determination of claim liability in the event of discontinuance of coverage for nonpayment of premiums or replacement […]

§ 56-7-2305. Group Life — Required Provisions

Subject to the limitations of subdivision (a)(2), no policy of group life insurance shall be delivered in this state unless it contains in substance the provisions contained in subdivision (a)(3), or provisions that, in the opinion of the commissioner, are more favorable to the persons insured, or at least as favorable to the persons insured […]

§ 56-7-2307. Provisions and Conditions Required in Life Insurance Policies

No policy of life insurance shall be issued in this state or be issued by a life insurance company organized under the laws of this state unless the policy contains the following: Payment of Premiums.  A provision that all premiums after the first shall be payable in advance either at the home office of the […]

§ 56-7-2308. Provisions and Conditions Prohibited in Life Insurance Policies

No policy of life insurance in a form other than as prescribed in § 56-7-2307 shall be issued or delivered in this state, or be issued by a life insurance company organized under the laws of this state, if it contains any of the following: Forfeiture of Policy for Failure to Repay Loans; Proposed Benefits […]

§ 56-7-2309. Loan Provisions in Life Insurance Policies

In the case of those policies issued prior to the operative date of § 56-7-401, the Standard Nonforfeiture Law, the loan value referred to in § 56-7-2307(7) shall be the reserve at the end of the current policy year on the policy and on any dividend additions to the policy, less a sum not more […]

§ 56-7-2311. Life Insurance Policy Forms

Filing and Approval.  No policy of life insurance shall be delivered or issued for delivery in this state, nor shall any endorsement, rider, or application that becomes a part of the policy be used in connection with the policy until a copy of the form has been filed with the commissioner; nor shall any policy, […]

§ 56-7-2312. Continuation of Terminated Group Coverage — Conversion

A group policy delivered or issued for delivery in this state that provides hospital, surgical or major medical expense insurance, or any combination of these coverages, on an expense incurred basis, but not a policy that provides benefits for specific diseases or for accidental injuries only, shall provide that an employee or member whose insurance […]

§ 56-7-2313. Converted Policy — Conditions

Issuance of a converted policy shall be subject to the following conditions: Written application for the converted policy shall be made and the first premium paid to the insurer not later than thirty-one (31) days after the termination under the group policy; The converted policy shall be issued without evidence of insurability; The initial premium […]

§ 56-7-2314. Conditions Exempting Insurer From Conversion Requirement

The insurer shall not be required to issue a converted policy covering any person if the person is or could be covered by medicare under Title XVIII of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. § 1395 et seq.); furthermore, the insurer shall not be required to issue a converted policy covering any person if: […]

§ 56-7-2318. Optional Coverage

Subject to the provisions and conditions of §§ 56-7-2312 — 56-7-2322, the employee or member shall be entitled to obtain a converted policy providing, at the option of the employee or member, coverage on an expense incurred basis under any one (1) of the plans meeting the following requirements: Plan A: Hospital room and board […]

§ 56-7-2319. Optional Election of Retirement Conversion Rights

In the event coverage would be continued under the group policy on an employee following retirement prior to the time the employee is or could be covered by medicare, the employee may elect, in lieu of the continuation of group insurance, to have the same conversion rights as would apply had the employee’s insurance terminated […]