27-10-51
Section 27-10-51 Acts constituting appointment of commissioner as agent for service of process on foreign or alien insurer. Any of the following acts in this state, effected by mail or otherwise, by an unauthorized foreign or alien insurer: (1) The issuance or delivery of contracts of insurance to residents of this state or to corporations authorized to do business therein; (2) The solicitation of applications for such contracts; (3) The collection of premiums, membership fees, assessments, or other considerations for such contracts; or (4) Any other transaction of insurance business; is equivalent to, and shall constitute, an appointment by such insurer of the commissioner and his successor or successors in office to be its true and lawful attorney, upon whom may be served all lawful process in any action or proceeding instituted by, or on behalf of, an insured or beneficiary arising out of any such contract of insurance; and any such act shall be signification of the insurer's...
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27-32-3
Section 27-32-3 Delinquency proceedings - Jurisdiction; venue; appeal. (a) The circuit court shall have original jurisdiction of delinquency proceedings under this chapter, and any court with jurisdiction is authorized to make all necessary and proper orders to carry out the purposes of this chapter. (b) The venue of delinquency proceedings against a domestic insurer shall be in the county of the insurer's principal place of business. The venue of such proceedings against foreign and alien insurers shall be in the Circuit Court of Montgomery County. (c) At any time after the commencement of a proceeding under this chapter, the commissioner may apply to the court for an order changing the venue of and removing the proceedings to Montgomery County or to any other county of this state in which he deems that such proceeding may be most economically and efficiently conducted. (d) Delinquency proceedings pursuant to this chapter shall constitute the sole and exclusive method of liquidating,...
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27-29-3
Section 27-29-3 Acquisition of control of, or merger with, domestic insurers. (a)(1) No person other than the issuer shall make a tender offer for or a request or invitation for tenders of, or enter into any agreement to exchange securities for, seek to acquire, or acquire in the open market any voting security of a domestic insurer if, after the consummation thereof, such person would, directly or indirectly, or by conversion or by exercise of any right to acquire, be in control of such insurer, and no person shall enter into an agreement to merge with or otherwise to acquire control of a domestic insurer, or any person controlling a domestic insurer unless, at the time any such offer, request, or invitation is made or any such agreement is entered into, or prior to the acquisition of such securities if no offer or agreement is involved such person has filed with the commissioner and has sent to such insurer a statement containing the information required by this section and such...
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27-60-2
Section 27-60-2 Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact. The State of Alabama hereby agrees to the following interstate compact known as the Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact: ARTICLE I. PURPOSES. The purposes of this compact are, through means of joint and cooperative action among the compacting states: 1. To promote and protect the interest of consumers of individual and group annuity, life insurance, disability income, and long-term care insurance products; 2. To develop uniform standards for insurance products covered under the compact; 3. To establish a central clearinghouse to receive and provide prompt review of insurance products covered under the compact and, in certain cases, advertisements related thereto, submitted by insurers authorized to do business in one or more compacting states; 4. To give appropriate regulatory approval to those product filings and advertisements satisfying the applicable uniform standard; 5. To improve coordination of...
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34-21-2
Section 34-21-2 Board of Nursing generally. (a) There is created the Board of Nursing, which shall be composed of 13 members to be appointed and have the duties and powers enumerated in this section. The membership of the board shall be inclusive and reflect the racial, gender, geographic, urban/rural, and economic diversity of the state. In order to insure continuity of administration, the nine board members provided for by Section 3 of Act 427, Regular Session 1975, shall continue to serve to the completion of the term for which they are serving. The Governor, within 60 days of January 1, 1984, shall appoint a tenth member who shall be a licensed practical nurse for a term of four years from a list of nominees furnished him or her by the Alabama Federation of Licensed Practical Nurses, Incorporated, or its successor organization. As the terms of all board members expire, their successors shall be appointed for terms of four years each. Vacancies in unexpired terms shall be filled in...
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27-3-24
Section 27-3-24 Service of process on insurers - Appointment of commissioner as agent. (a) Each insurer applying for a certificate of authority to transact business in this state shall file with the commissioner an appointment of the commissioner and his successors in office, on a form as furnished by the commissioner, as its attorney upon whom may be served all lawful process in any action or proceeding against it in this state and therein shall agree that any such process served upon such attorney shall be of the same force and validity as if served on the insurer. The appointment shall be irrevocable, shall bind the insurer and any successor in interest or to the assets or liabilities of the insurer and shall remain in effect as long as there is outstanding in this state any obligation or liability of the insurer resulting from its transactions therein. (b) At the time of such appointment of the commissioner as its process agent, the insurer shall file with the commissioner...
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27-7-30
Section 27-7-30 Appointment of producer - Generally. (a) Each insurer appointing a producer in this state shall file with the commissioner, in a format approved by the commissioner, a notice of appointment within 15 days from the date the agency contract is executed or the first insurance application is submitted, whichever occurs first. An insurer may also elect to appoint a producer to all or some insurers within the insurer's holding company system or group by the filing of a single appointment request. (b) Upon receipt of the notice of appointment, the commissioner shall verify within 30 days that the insurance producer is eligible for appointment. If the insurance producer is determined to be ineligible for appointment, the commissioner shall notify the insurer within five days of the commissioner's determination. (c) An insurer shall pay an appointment fee as set forth in Section 27-4-2 for each insurance producer appointed by the insurer. (d) An insurer shall remit, in a manner...
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27-32-7
Section 27-32-7 Grounds - Liquidation of domestic or alien insurers. The commissioner may apply to the court for an order appointing him as receiver, if his appointment as receiver shall not be then in effect, and directing him to liquidate the business of a domestic insurer or of the United States branch of an alien insurer having trusteed assets in this state, regardless of whether or not there has been a prior order directing him to rehabilitate such insurer, upon any of the grounds specified in Section 27-32-6, or if such insurer: (1) Has ceased transacting business for a period of one year; or (2) Is an insolvent insurer and has commenced voluntary liquidation or dissolution, or attempts to commence or prosecute any action or proceeding to liquidate its business or affairs, or to dissolve its corporate charter, or to procure the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, or sequestrator under any law except this title. (Acts 1971, No. 407, p. 707, ยง626.)...
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27-10-33
Section 27-10-33 Service of process in action or proceeding against insurer. (a) Any unauthorized insurer issuing a policy or assuming a direct insurance risk under this surplus line law shall be deemed thereby to have appointed the commissioner as its attorney upon whom may be served all lawful process in any action or proceeding against it in this state arising out of such insurance. (b) Service of process upon the commissioner as process agent of the insurer shall be made by the proper officer of Montgomery County by serving copies in triplicate of the process upon the commissioner or upon his assistant, deputy, or other person in charge of his office. Upon receiving such service, the commissioner shall promptly forward a copy thereof by certified mail or registered mail to the person last designated to receive the same, as provided in subsection (c) of this section, return one copy with his admission of service, and retain one copy in the files of the department. (c) Each such...
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27-3-15
Section 27-3-15 Deposit requirements - Alien insurers - Trusteed assets. (a) In order to comply with the requirements of Section 27-3-14, an alien insurer shall appoint citizens of the United States of America or public depositaries or trust institutions located in the United States, all as approved by the commissioner, as trustee, or trustees, to hold its funds and assets in trust for the benefit of its policyholders or policyholders and creditors in the United States. Any such trustee, or trustees, shall be named by the board of directors or comparable directive body of the insurer, and a certified copy of the record of the appointment and of the deed of trust shall be filed with the commissioner. (b) Funds and assets so held, to the extent that they consist of cash, securities and other assets of the same general character as are eligible for the investment of like funds of a domestic insurer, under Sections 27-1-8 and 27-1-9, shall constitute the assets of the insurer for the...
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