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22-21-372
Section 22-21-372 Filing and approval of subscription rates; criteria; submission of relevant
information. (a) No contract providing dental service corporation benefits may be executed
in this state unless the subscription rates outlined in said contract have been filed with
and approved by the commissioner. (b) Subscription rates must be established and justified
in accordance with generally accepted insurance principles, including but not limited to the
experience or judgment of the corporation making the rate filing or actuarial computations.
(c) The commissioner may disapprove subscription rates that are excessive, inadequate or unfairly
discriminatory. Rates are not unfairly discriminatory because they are averaged broadly among
persons covered under group, blanket or franchise contracts. (d) The commissioner may require
the submission of whatever relevant information is deemed necessary in determining whether
to approve or disapprove a filing made under this section or Section...
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27-42-5
Section 27-42-5 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following
meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) ACCOUNT. Any one
of the three accounts created by Section 27-42-6. (2) AFFILIATE. A person who directly, or
indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common
control with another person on December 31 of the year immediately preceding the date the
insurer becomes an insolvent insurer. (3) ASSOCIATION. The Alabama Insurance Guaranty Association
created under Section 27-42-6. (4) CLAIMANT. Any insured making a first party claim or any
person instituting a liability claim. The term does not include a person who is an affiliate
of an insolvent insurer. (5) COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner of Insurance of the State of Alabama.
(6) CONTROL. The possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction
of the management and policies of a person, whether...
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34-13-2
Section 34-13-2 Purpose of chapter. It is declared and established that the procedures for
making final disposition of human dead, including embalming and funeral directing, are so
affected with the public interest as to require regulation and control of such included occupations
and that, additionally, such regulation and control are necessary for the prevention of the
spread of infectious and contagious diseases, for the protection of the health and welfare
of the people of the state and that all of the provisions of this chapter and regulations
authorized to be made are necessary to effectuate its purpose; and all of the provisions of
this chapter shall be construed liberally and in a manner to carry out its obvious intents
and purposes. (Acts 1975, No. 214, p. 705, ยง1.)...
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27-13-33
Section 27-13-33 Applications for uniform percentage increase or decrease of rates by insurers.
Any insurer may apply to the commissioner for permission to effect a uniform percentage increase
or decrease in the rates applied to all risks of a particular class in the state in a particular
kind, or kinds, of insurance. Upon the filing of such application, the commissioner shall
give notice thereof by registered or certified mail to the rating organization, if any, of
which such insurer is a member or subscriber and shall fix a time and place for a hearing
upon the merits of such application. At such hearing, such insurer and such rating organization,
or their representatives, shall be entitled to be heard and to present evidence in support
of, or against, such application. The commissioner shall, upon the conclusion of such hearing,
make such order as he shall deem consistent with the establishment and maintenance of reasonable,
adequate and non-discriminatory rates. If the application...
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27-13-62
Section 27-13-62 Rating organizations - License; application therefor; renewal thereof; fee
for same. No rating organization shall do business in this state until it shall have been
licensed to do so by the commissioner. Application for such license shall be made on such
forms as the commissioner shall prepare for that purpose. Upon applying for such license,
every rating organization shall file with the department: (1) A copy of its constitution,
its articles of agreement or association, or its certificate of incorporation and of its bylaws
or rules governing the conduct of its business or such of the foregoing, if any, as such rating
organization may have; (2) A list of insurers who are or, who have agreed to, become members
of, or subscribers to, such rating organization; (3) The name and address of a person, or
persons, in this state upon whom notices or orders of the commissioner affecting such rating
organization may be served; and (4) Such other information as the commissioner...
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27-12-14
Section 27-12-14 Inducements as to property, casualty, or surety insurance. (a) No property,
casualty, or surety insurer, or any employee thereof, and no broker, agent, or solicitor shall
pay, allow, or give, or offer to pay, allow, or give, directly or indirectly, as an inducement
to insurance or after insurance has been effected, any rebate, discount, abatement, credit,
or reduction of the premium named in a policy of insurance, or any special favor or advantage
in the dividends or other benefits to accrue thereon or any valuable consideration or inducement
whatever not specified in the policy except to the extent provided for in rating systems filed
with the commissioner by, or on behalf of, the insurer and approved by the commissioner. (b)
No insured named in a policy nor any employee of such insured shall knowingly receive or accept,
directly or indirectly, any such rebate, discount, abatement, credit, or reduction of premium.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed as...
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27-13-72
Section 27-13-72 Application for uniform percentage increase or decrease in rates by insurers.
(a) Any insurer may apply to the commissioner for permission to effect a uniform percentage
increase or decrease in the rates applied to all kinds of a particular class in the state
in a particular kind, or kinds, of insurance. Upon the filing of such application, the commissioner
shall give notice thereof by registered or certified mail to the rating organization, if any,
of which such insurer is a member or subscriber and shall fix a time and place for a hearing
upon the merits of such application. At such hearing, such insurer and such rating organization,
or their representatives, shall be entitled to be heard and to present evidence in support
of, or against, such application. The commissioner shall, upon the conclusion of such hearing,
make such order as he shall deem consistent with the establishment and maintenance of reasonable,
adequate, and nondiscriminatory rates. If the...
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27-13-34
Section 27-13-34 Approval of rates and forms for insuring special types or classes of risks.
Any insurer, individually or as a member of a pool, group, or association, engaged in the
business of insuring special types or classes of risks in connection with a particular inspection
or engineering service or with respect to which a set of standards has been maintained to
the satisfaction of the commissioner may submit its loss experience data, forms, and proposed
rates and negotiate with the commissioner for his approval of such rates and forms either
directly in its own behalf or through a unified facility of the group created, licensed as
a rating organization and maintained entirely or in part for such purpose. In evaluating the
forms and rates of such an insurer, or pool or association of insurers, the commissioner shall
act with due regard for the previous record of such insurer or group of insurers and with
due appreciation of previous and prospective loss trends, both within and...
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41-19-5
Section 41-19-5 Responsibilities of Department of Finance as to preparation of budget, etc.,
generally. The Department of Finance shall: (1) Assist the Governor in the preparation and
explanation of the proposed comprehensive program and financial plan, including the coordination
and analysis of state agency/department program goals and objectives, program plans and program
budget requests; (2) Develop procedures to produce the information needed for effective decision
making; (3) Assist agencies/departments in preparing their statement of goals and objectives,
program plans, program budget requests and reporting of program performance; (4) Administer
its responsibilities under the program execution provisions of this chapter so that the policy
decisions and budget determination of the Governor and the Legislature are implemented to
the fullest extent possible within the concepts of proper management; (5) Provide the Legislature
with budget information; and (6) Assist agencies/...
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41-9-211
Section 41-9-211 Powers and duties of office. (a) The powers and duties of the Office of State
Planning and Federal Programs shall be as follows: (1) To develop a comprehensive state plan,
and yearly updates to the plan, to be submitted by the Governor to the Legislature for its
consideration; (2) To develop, for approval by the Governor and the Legislature, long-range
plans and policies for the orderly and coordinated growth of the state, including but not
limited to, functional plans; (3) To prepare special reports and make available the results
of the research, studies and other activities, through publications, memoranda, briefings
and expert testimony; (4) To analyze the quality and quantity of services required for the
continued orderly and long-range growth of the state, taking into consideration the relationship
of activities, capabilities and future plans of local units of government, area commissions,
development districts, private enterprise and the state and federal...
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