Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 56-2-107 (2026)
Acts of unauthorized insurers constituting doing business in state
✓ current as of May 2026
Any of the following acts in this state, effected by mail or otherwise by an unauthorized insurer, are included among those deemed to constitute transacting insurance business in this state:
- (1) The issuance or delivery of contracts of insurance to residents of this state;
- (2) The solicitation of applications for contracts of insurance;
- (3) The collection of premiums, membership fees, assessments or other considerations for contracts of insurance; or
- (4) The transaction of matters subsequent to the execution of contracts of insurance and arising out of them.
Acts 1968, ch. 536, § 2; T.C.A., § 56-207.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1983–2011 · leading case: Keystone Ins. Co. v. Griffith, 659 S.W.2d 364 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1983).
Keystone Ins. Co. v. Griffith, 659 S.W.2d 364 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1983). “Section 56-2-107 which defines the transacting of insurance business in this state to include “(4) The transaction of matters subsequent to the execution of such contracts and arising out of them.”
Leslie Newman, Comm'r of the Tennessee Dep't of Com. & Ins. v. Smart Data Solutions, LLC (Tenn. Ct. App. 2011). “§ 56-9-103 (5) and Tenn. Code Ann. § 56-2-107 are consistent with the transaction of insurance business and, thereby, subject to the Act.”
Tenn. Code Ann. § 56-2-107(1): 1 case
Keystone Ins. Co. v. Griffith, 659 S.W.2d 364 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1983). “Section 56-2-107 which defines the transacting of insurance business in this state to include “(4) The transaction of matters subsequent to the execution of such contracts and arising out of them.”
Tenn. Code Ann. § 56-2-107(4): 1 case
Keystone Ins. Co. v. Griffith, 659 S.W.2d 364 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1983). “Section 56-2-107 which defines the transacting of insurance business in this state to include “(4) The transaction of matters subsequent to the execution of such contracts and arising out of them.”
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