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27-12A-1
Section 27-12A-1 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following
meanings: (1) COMMISSIONER. The Alabama Commissioner of Insurance or his or her designee.
(2) DEPARTMENT. The Alabama Department of Insurance. (3) INSURANCE. As defined in Section
27-1-2, and specifically including any contract, arrangement, or agreement, in which one undertakes
to do any one of the following: a. Pay or indemnify another as to loss from certain contingencies
called risks. b. Pay or grant a specified amount or determinable benefit to another in connection
with ascertainable risk contingencies. c. Pay an annuity to another. d. Act as surety. For
the purposes of this chapter, insurance also includes any health benefit plan as defined in
Section 27-53-1. (4) INSURANCE PRODUCER or PRODUCER. As defined in Section 27-7-1. (5) INSURER.
A person entering into agreements, contracts of insurance, arrangements, or reinsurance, or
a health benefit plan, or a group health plan as...
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27-36A-4
Section 27-36A-4 Actuarial opinion of reserves. (a) Actuarial opinion prior to the operative
date of the valuation manual as defined by Section 27-36A-15. (1) GENERAL. Every life insurance
company doing business in this state shall annually submit the opinion of a qualified actuary
as to whether the reserves and related actuarial items held in support of the policies and
contracts specified by the commissioner by regulation are computed appropriately, are based
on assumptions which satisfy contractual provisions, are consistent with prior reported amounts,
and comply with applicable laws of this state. The commissioner, by regulation, shall define
the specifics of this opinion and add any other items deemed to be necessary to its scope.
(2) ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS OF RESERVES AND ASSETS SUPPORTING RESERVES. a. Every life insurance
company, except as exempted pursuant to regulation, shall also annually include in the opinion
required by subdivision (1) an opinion of the same qualified...
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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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27-12A-2
Section 27-12A-2 Insurance fraud - definition. A person commits the crime of insurance fraud
if, knowingly and with intent to defraud, he or she commits, or conceals any material information
concerning, one or more of the following acts: (1) The solicitation or acceptance of new or
renewal insurance risks on behalf of an insurer, reinsurer, or other person engaged in the
transaction of the business of insurance, by a person who knows the insurer, reinsurer, or
other person responsible for the risk is financially unable to pay its claims at the time
of the transaction. (2) The removal, concealment, alteration, or destruction of the assets
or records relating to the transaction of the business of insurance of an insurer, reinsurer,
or other person engaged in the transaction of the business of insurance. This section does
not prohibit an insurer, reinsurer, or other person engaged in the transaction of the business
of insurance from destroying records or documents relating to the...
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27-43-9
Section 27-43-9 Bond or deposit requirements. (a) To assure the faithful performance of its
obligations in the event of insolvency, each corporation authorized under Section 27-43-8
shall, through the commissioner, deposit and maintain with the Treasurer of the State securities
of the type eligible for deposit by insurers under Section 27-6-3, which securities shall
have at all times a market value as follows: (1) An insurer which has transacted no legal
expense insurance in this state prior to January 1, 1982, shall, prior to the issuance of
its certificate of authority and before receiving any premiums, place in trust with the Treasurer
of the State, through the commissioner an initial amount of $50,000.00; (2) An insurer transacting
a legal expense insurance business in this state prior to January 1, 1982, and having in force
in this state less than $300,000.00 of gross written premiums, membership fees, or similar
charges shall place in trust with the Treasurer of the State,...
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27-31D-1
Section 27-31D-1 Premium discount or insurance rate reduction - Construction and certification.
(a) Commencing on May 14, 2009, insurance companies shall provide a premium discount or insurance
rate reduction in an amount and manner as established in subsection (j) and pursuant to Section
27-31D-3. In addition, insurance companies may also offer additional adjustments in deductible,
other credit rate differentials, or a combination thereof, collectively referred to as adjustments.
These adjustments shall be available under the terms specified in this section to any owner
who builds or locates a new insurable property, in the State of Alabama, to resist loss due
to hurricane or other catastrophic windstorm events. (b) To obtain the adjustment provided
in this section, an insurable property located in this state shall be certified as constructed
in accordance with either of the following: (1) The 2006 International Residential Code, as
amended, including all hurricane mitigation...
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27-32-6
Section 27-32-6 Grounds - Rehabilitation of domestic insurers. The commissioner may apply to
the court for an order appointing him as receiver of, and directing him to rehabilitate, a
domestic insurer upon one or more of the following grounds. That the insurer: (1) Is impaired
or insolvent; (2) Has refused to submit any of its books, records, accounts, or affairs to
reasonable examination by the commissioner; (3) Has concealed or removed records or assets
or otherwise violated Section 27-27-29; (4) Has failed to comply with an order of the commissioner
to make good an impairment of capital or surplus, or both; (5) Has transferred, or attempted
to transfer, substantially its entire property or business or has entered into any transaction
the effect of which is to merge substantially its entire property or business in that of any
other insurer without having first obtained the written approval of the commissioner; (6)
Has willfully violated its charter or articles of incorporation or any...
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22-21-371
Section 22-21-371 Individual, group, blanket or franchise contracts authorized; certificates
of coverage; filing and approval of contracts and certificates; requirements; grounds for
disapproval. (a) Dental service plan contracts may be written on individual, group, blanket
or franchise basis. Each contractual obligation for such dental service(s) must be evidenced
by a contract. Each person covered under a group contract must be issued a certificate of
coverage. (b) No contract or certificate of dental service benefits may be issued in this
state unless a copy of the form has been filed and approved by the commissioner. (c) The commissioner
may not approve any form that does not meet the following requirements: (1) Contracts must
contain a list and description of the dental service payments promised or the dental work
for which expenses are to be reimbursed, and any limits on the amounts to be paid or reimbursed;
(2) Contracts and certificates must indicate the name of the dental...
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27-31D-2
Section 27-31D-2 Premium discount or insurance rate reduction - Fortified existing homes. (a)
Commencing on May 14, 2009, insurance companies shall provide a premium discount or insurance
rate reduction in an amount and manner as established in subsection (g) and pursuant to Section
27-31D-3. In addition, insurance companies may also offer additional adjustments in deductible,
other credit rate differentials, or a combination thereof, collectively referred to as adjustments.
These adjustments shall be available under the terms specified in this section to any owner
who retrofits his or her insurable property located in the State of Alabama to resist loss
due to hurricane or other catastrophic windstorm events. (b) To obtain the adjustment provided
in this section, an insurable property shall be retrofitted to any of the following: (1) The
Fortified Home: Hurricane Standards (FHH), or the Fortified Home: Highwind and Hail Standards
(FHWH) requirements as may from time to time be adopted...
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2-5A-34
Section 2-5A-34 Security for bonds. The bonds shall not be general obligations of the Department
of Agriculture and Industries but shall be limited obligations payable solely from one or
more specified sources, including, but not limited to, revenues derived from market charges,
authorized under Section 2-5A-6, lease revenues, authorized under Section 2-5A-14, and appropriations
made under Section 2-5A-15. The commissioner, with approval of the Board of Agriculture and
Industries, may pledge all or any portion of such revenues as security for the payment of
the bonds. All such pledges made by the commissioner shall take precedence in the order of
the adoption of the resolutions containing the pledges. The commissioner may also obtain credit
enhancement for the department's bonds, including, but not limited to, bond insurance and
letters of credit, and to pledge all or a portion of its revenues as security for its reimbursement
obligations with respect thereto. All bonds issued by the...
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