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Directory · Tennessee · Updated 2026-10-18
Insurance companies licensed in Tennessee
Every property and casualty insurer admitted in Tennessee and every eligible surplus lines insurer, with NAIC numbers, the lines each is licensed for, who writes the most of each line, and the market of last resort when nobody else will.
1,309 property and casualty insurers are on Tennessee's regulator lists: 1,076 licensed (admitted) companies and 233 eligible surplus lines insurers for risks the standard market turns down.
By Sam Alishahi, independent insurance broker · All states
The market
Who can insure you in Tennessee
1,076licensed (admitted) property and casualty insurers on the regulator's list
233eligible surplus lines insurers for hard-to-place risks
222Treasury-certified sureties licensed here
39insurers domiciled in Tennessee
Bonds
Treasury-certified sureties licensed in Tennessee
Companies on the U.S. Treasury's Circular 570 (acceptable sureties on federal bonds) that list a Tennessee license, with each one's federal underwriting limit.
All companies
Every insurer on Tennessee's lists
Source: the Tennessee insurance regulator company list, read 2026-10-18 and the surplus lines list. TDCI List of Licensed Companies (DataTable JSON feed; page says 'As of September 30, 2026'). admitted = rows with STATUS_REASON 'Licensed' of every COMPANY_TYPE except SURPLUS LINES; the list mixes P&C with life/health/title/fraternal/HMO/captive/county mutual, so 'type' is kept as given (filter type == 'PROPERTY' for admitted P&C). No lines of authority are published; 'lines' is always []. 'since' is empty for licensed rows (STATUS_DATE is only populated for suspended/restricted companies). surplus_lines = COMPANY_TYPE 'SURPLUS LINES' with STATUS_REASON 'Eligible' (foreign/US insurers only; TN keeps no alien list and defers to the NAIC IID Quarterly Listing, so alien is false for every row). Not included: LIFE/Restricted: 1; LIFE/Suspended: 4; PROPERTY/Restricted: 1; PROPERTY/Suspended: 9; REINSURER/Accredited: 35; REINSURER/Certified (passported): 8; REINSURER/RJ (passported): 51; REINSURER/Trusteed: 13; RISK RETENTION GROUP/Registered: 147; RISK RETENTION GROUP/Restricted: 1; RISK RETENTION GROUP/Suspended: 2. Risk retention groups ('Registered') and accredited/trusteed/certified/reciprocal-jurisdiction reinsurers are not admitted direct writers and were left out. Source page: https://www.tn.gov/commerce/insurance/consumer-resources/list-of-licensed-companies.html ; surplus lines definition: https://www.tn.gov/commerce/insurance/types-of-insurance-companies/surplus-lines.html.
Method and source
Source: the Tennessee insurance regulator company list, read 2026-10-18 and the surplus lines list. TDCI List of Licensed Companies (DataTable JSON feed; page says 'As of September 30, 2026'). admitted = rows with STATUS_REASON 'Licensed' of every COMPANY_TYPE except SURPLUS LINES; the list mixes P&C with life/health/title/fraternal/HMO/captive/county mutual, so 'type' is kept as given (filter type == 'PROPERTY' for admitted P&C). No lines of authority are published; 'lines' is always []. 'since' is empty for licensed rows (STATUS_DATE is only populated for suspended/restricted companies). surplus_lines = COMPANY_TYPE 'SURPLUS LINES' with STATUS_REASON 'Eligible' (foreign/US insurers only; TN keeps no alien list and defers to the NAIC IID Quarterly Listing, so alien is false for every row). Not included: LIFE/Restricted: 1; LIFE/Suspended: 4; PROPERTY/Restricted: 1; PROPERTY/Suspended: 9; REINSURER/Accredited: 35; REINSURER/Certified (passported): 8; REINSURER/RJ (passported): 51; REINSURER/Trusteed: 13; RISK RETENTION GROUP/Registered: 147; RISK RETENTION GROUP/Restricted: 1; RISK RETENTION GROUP/Suspended: 2. Risk retention groups ('Registered') and accredited/trusteed/certified/reciprocal-jurisdiction reinsurers are not admitted direct writers and were left out. Source page: https://www.tn.gov/commerce/insurance/consumer-resources/list-of-licensed-companies.html ; surplus lines definition: https://www.tn.gov/commerce/insurance/types-of-insurance-companies/surplus-lines.html. Lines are the regulator's licensed lines grouped into common names; a license to write a line doesn't mean a company sells it to every kind of customer. "Admitted" means licensed by the state and backed by its guaranty fund; "surplus lines" means eligible to take risks the admitted market declines, without rate or form approval and without guaranty fund protection.
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