(a) No domestic insurance company or foreign insurance company shall commence business in this state until it has complied with § 56-2-101, this section, §§ 56-2-103, 56-2-104, 56-2-113 — 56-2-115, 56-2-201, and 56-2-301, and has received from the commissioner a certificate of authority to do business.
(b) Any company organized under the laws of any other state or country, and that is admitted to do business in this state for the purpose of writing insurance authorized by this chapter, upon complying with all of the requirements of law relative to the organization of domestic insurance companies and payment of fees by like domestic insurance corporations, and designating its principal place of business at a place in this state, may become a domestic corporation and be entitled to like certificates of its corporate existence and license to transact business in this state, and be subject in all respects to the authority and jurisdiction of this state.
(c) A foreign credit life reinsurance company that meets the capital requirements of § 56-2-114(b) and that has at least fifty percent (50%) of its outstanding voting stock owned by persons or entities domiciled in this state, shall be entitled to obtain certificates of its corporate existence and shall be licensed to transact its business in this state, and be subject in all respects to the authority and jurisdiction of this state, if the following conditions are met:
(1) Approval by the commissioner of commerce and insurance in its state of domicile to change its state of domicile to this state;
(2) Submission to the Tennessee commissioner of commerce and insurance of a certificate of good standing from its state of domicile;
(3) Compliance with all of the requirements of law relative to the organization of domestic insurance companies and payment of fees required by domestic insurance companies; and
(4) Designation of a place in this state as its principal place of business.
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