Tenn. Code Ann. § 56-3-115: Bonds or other evidences of debt of a domestic insurance company - Reinsurance liability - Limitations

Notwithstanding § 56-1-405 , where bonds or other evidences of debt having a fixed term and rate of interest, or shares of capital stock of a federal home loan bank, owned by a domestic insurance company are held by or on behalf of another person in connection with a reinsurance liability of, or an indebtedness incurred to a federal home loan bank by the domestic insurance company, the amount allowed as a credit against the liability or indebtedness shall be determined in the manner provided for in § 56-3-113 or § 56-3-303(a)(4) , as applicable, and the commissioner may allow the excess, if any, of the amount of the bonds or other evidences of debt or shares of capital stock over the amount of the liability or indebtedness to constitute an admissible asset of the domestic insurance company, but only if and to the extent that the bonds or other evidences of debt or shares of capital stock would constitute admissible assets except for being so held in connection with a reinsurance liability or indebtedness to a federal home loan bank; provided, that the total amount of the excess that a domestic insurance company may take into account as an admissible asset shall not exceed thirty percent (30%) of the company's capital and surplus as determined on December 31 of the year preceding the date of the determination.