27-14-17
Section 27-14-17 Construction of policies. (a) Every insurance contract shall be construed according to the entirety of its terms and conditions as set forth in the policy and as amplified, extended, or modified by any rider, endorsement, or application which is a part of the policy. (b) A clause in any policy of life insurance, including burial insurance, providing that such policy shall be incontestible after a specified period shall preclude only a contest of the validity of the policy and shall not preclude the assertion at any time of defenses based upon provisions in the policy which exclude or restrict coverage, whether or not such restrictions or exclusions are excepted in such clause. (Acts 1971, No. 407, p. 707, §330.)...
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27-22A-1
Section 27-22A-1 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) COMMISSIONER. The Alabama Commissioner of Insurance. (2) CUSTOMER. A person who purchases portable electronics or services. (3) DEPARTMENT. The Alabama Department of Insurance. (4) ENROLLED CUSTOMER. A customer who elects coverage under a portable electronics insurance policy issued to a vendor of portable electronics. (5) LOCATION. Any physical location in the State of Alabama or any website, call center site, or similar location directed to residents of the State of Alabama. (6) PORTABLE ELECTRONICS. Electronic devices that are portable in nature, their accessories and services related to the use of the device. (7) PORTABLE ELECTRONICS INSURANCE. a. Insurance providing coverage for the repair or replacement of portable electronics which may provide coverage for portable electronics against any one or more of the following causes of loss: Loss, theft, inoperability due to...
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27-22A-2
Section 27-22A-2 Licensure of vendors. (a) A vendor is required to hold a limited lines insurance producer license to sell or offer coverage under a policy of portable electronics insurance. (b) A limited lines insurance producer license issued in accordance with this chapter shall authorize any employee or authorized representative of the vendor to sell or offer coverage under a policy of portable electronics insurance to a customer at each location at which the vendor engages in portable electronics transactions. (c) The supervising entity shall maintain a registry of vendor locations which are authorized to sell or solicit portable electronics insurance coverage in this state. Upon request by the commissioner and with 10 days' notice to the supervising entity, the registry shall be open to inspection and examination by the commissioner during regular business hours of the supervising entity. (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a license issued in accordance with this...
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27-55-8
Section 27-55-8 Construction. This chapter does not and shall not be construed as creating a private cause of action and does not and shall not require insurers, including any health benefit plan, to extend coverage to any providers or type of providers for which coverage is not specifically provided within the policy or certificate of insurance or health benefit plan, or to add additional providers to existing networks, or to add any health care benefits. (Act 2000-595, p. 1185, §8.)...
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32-7A-6
Section 32-7A-6 Evidence of insurance; insurance card. (a) Every operator of a motor vehicle subject to the provisions of Section 32-7A-4 shall carry within the vehicle evidence of insurance. The evidence shall be legible and sufficient to demonstrate that the motor vehicle currently is covered by an Alabama liability insurance policy or an Alabama commercial automobile liability insurance policy as required under Section 32-7A-4 and may include, but is not limited to, the following: (1) An insurance card, or temporary insurance card, provided by the insurer or an authorized representative under this section. (2) The combination of proof of purchase of the motor vehicle within the previous 20 calendar days and a current and valid insurance card issued for the motor vehicle replaced by such purchase. (3) The current declarations page of an Alabama liability insurance policy. (4) An Alabama liability insurance binder, or legible copy thereof, Alabama certificate of liability insurance,...
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27-22-41
Section 27-22-41 Applicability; definitions. (a) This article shall apply to all insurance companies authorized under a certificate of authority for property insurance and writing homeowners and other personal lines residential property insurance policies in the State of Alabama. (b) For purposes of this article, the term "personal lines residential property insurance" shall include condominium insurance, dwelling fire policies that provide dwelling or contents coverage, renters/tenants insurance, and mobile home or manufactured home insurance. Creditor placed property insurance and condominium association or homeowner association property insurance is excluded from this article. (Act 2012-510, p. 1521, §2.)...
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27-31C-3
Section 27-31C-3 License to provide homeowners insurance; exemptions; powers and duties. (a) An Alabama Coastal Captive Insurance Company, if permitted by its articles of incorporation or organization, operating agreements, or charter, may apply to the commissioner for a license to write homeowners insurance coverage as limited in Section 27-31B-3(a)(4) and as defined and limited in the standard real property and contents insurance forms as approved by the commissioner. (b) An Alabama Coastal Captive Insurance Company that qualified as an association captive under the provisions of Section 27-31B-8 is exempt from the requirement that the association be in existence for one year so long as the association is in good standing as an entity before becoming an owner of an Alabama Coastal Captive Insurance Company. (c) An Alabama Coastal Captive Insurance Company may write homeowners insurance coverage as limited in Section 27-31B-3(a)(4) and as limited to perils described in subsection (a)...
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27-19-20
Section 27-19-20 Optional policy provisions - Insurance with other insurers - Expense-incurred benefits. (a) There may be a provision as follows: "Insurance with Other Insurers: If there be other valid coverage, not with this insurer, providing benefits for the same loss on a provision of service basis or on an expense-incurred basis and of which this insurer has not been given written notice prior to the occurrence or commencement of loss, the only liability under any expense-incurred coverage of this policy shall be for such proportion of the loss as the amount which would otherwise have been payable hereunder plus the total of the like amounts under all such other valid coverages for the same loss of which this insurer had notice bears to the total like amounts under all valid coverages for such loss, and for the return of such portion of the premiums paid as shall exceed the pro rata portion for the amount so determined. For the purpose of applying this provision when other...
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27-19-21
Section 27-19-21 Optional policy provisions - Insurance with other insurers - Other benefits. (a) There may be a provision as follows: "Insurance with Other Insurers: If there be other valid coverage, not with this insurer, providing benefits for the same loss on other than an expense-incurred basis and of which this insurer has not been given written notice prior to the occurrence or commencement of loss, the only liability for such benefits under this policy shall be for such proportion of the indemnities otherwise provided hereunder for such loss as the like indemnities of which the insurer had notice (including the indemnities under this policy) bear to the total amount of all like indemnities for such loss and for the return of such portion of the premium paid as shall exceed the pro rata portion for the indemnities thus determined." (b) If the foregoing policy provision is included in a policy which also contains the policy provision set out in Section 27-19-20, there shall be...
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27-22-42
Section 27-22-42 Policyholders Bill of Rights. The following shall serve as the minimum standards to be followed by the Alabama Department of Insurance in exercising the department's powers and duties in regulating insurance companies pursuant to Chapter 12. The Department of Insurance and insurance companies shall post this list or an electronic link of this list on their respective websites. These standards include the following: (1) Policyholders shall have the right to competitive pricing practices of insurers as prescribed by applicable federal or state insurance law and regulation. (2) Policyholders shall have the right to insurance advertising and sales approaches that provide representative information on the policy in accordance with Chapter 12. (3) Policyholders shall have the right to assurance that the insurance market in general and their insurance company in particular are financially stable as provided in Section 27-12-7. (4) Policyholders shall have the right to receive...
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