27-17-9
Section 27-17-9 Policy provisions - Furnishing of merchandise and services - Cash benefit in lieu thereof. There shall be a provision that if the death of the insured or, if a vault or monument policy, the burial of the insured occurs outside the State of Alabama or at a greater distance from an authorized funeral director or monument dealer of the insurer than that specified in Section 27-17-8, the insurer will, in lieu of furnishing such merchandise and services, pay a cash benefit of not less than one half of the specified retail value of the merchandise and services provided in the policy; provided, however, that the insurer may provide for a reduced benefit as to an insured less than one year of age at death. The policy may contain a provision for the payment of such cash benefit at the option of the insurer under any other circumstances where it is impractical for any reason to furnish the merchandise and services provided by the policy. (Acts 1971, No. 407, p. 707, ยง400.)...
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27-36A-6
Section 27-36A-6 Computation of minimum standard for annuities. (a) Except as provided in Section 27-36A-7, the minimum standard of valuation for individual and group annuity and pure endowment contracts issued on or after May 28, 1996, shall be the commissioners reserve valuation methods defined in Sections 27-36A-8 and 27-36A-9 and the following tables and interest rates: (1) For individual annuity and pure endowment contracts issued prior to July 30, 1979, excluding any disability and accidental death benefits in the contracts: The 1971 Individual Annuity Mortality Table, or any modification of this table approved by the commissioner, and six percent interest for single premium immediate annuity contracts and four percent interest for all other individual annuity and pure endowment contracts. (2) For individual single premium immediate annuity contracts issued on or after July 30, 1979, excluding any disability and accidental death benefits in the contracts: The 1971 Individual...
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25-5-8
Section 25-5-8 Employers' options to secure payment of compensation. (a) Option to insure risks. An employer subject to this chapter may secure the payment of compensation under this chapter by insuring and keeping insured his or her liability in some insurance corporation, association, organization, insurance association, corporation, or association formed of employers and workers or formed by a group of employers to insure the risks under this chapter, operating by mutual assessment or other plans or otherwise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the insurance association, organization, or corporation shall have first had its contract and plan of business approved in writing by the Commissioner of the Department of Insurance of Alabama and have been authorized by the Department of Insurance to transact the business of workers' compensation insurance in this state and under the plan. Notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the contrary, the obligations of employers under law for...
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27-27-18
Section 27-27-18 Domestic mutual insurers - Deposit in trust of premiums or fees on qualifying applications. (a) All sums collected by a domestic mutual corporation as premiums or fees on qualifying applications for insurance therein shall be deposited in trust in a bank or trust company in this state under a written trust agreement approved by the commissioner and consistent with this section and with subdivision (c) (3) of Section 27-27-17. The corporation shall file an executed copy of such trust agreement with the commissioner. (b) Upon issuance to the corporation of a certificate of authority as an insurer for the kind of insurance for which such applications were solicited, all funds so held in trust shall become the funds of the insurer, and the insurer shall, thereafter in due course, issue and deliver its policies for which premiums had been paid and accepted. The insurance provided by such policies shall be effective as of the date of the certificate of authority or...
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27-13-22
Section 27-13-22 Applicability of article - Inland marine insurance. The provisions of this section shall apply to all insurance which is now or hereafter defined by statute, by ruling of the commissioner or by lawful custom as inland marine insurance, but this article shall not apply to insurance of vessels or craft, their cargoes, marine builder's risks, marine protection and indemnity, or other risks commonly insured under marine insurance policies: (1) As to all classes of inland marine insurance for which class rates or rating plans are customarily fixed by rating organizations or associations of underwriters, rates or rating plans shall be filed by all authorized insurers writing such classes, with the department in such manner and form as it shall direct, and also special rates fixed by any such rating organization or association shall be similarly filed. All such rates shall be reasonable, adequate and not unfairly discriminatory. Due consideration shall be given to past...
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27-27-41
Section 27-27-41 Deficiencies in stock insurer's capital or assets of mutual insurers - Generally. (a) If a stock insurer's capital, as represented by the aggregated par value of its outstanding capital stock, becomes impaired or the assets of a mutual insurer are less than its liabilities and the minimum amount of surplus required to be maintained by it under Sections 27-27-15 or 27-27-20 for authority to transact the kinds of insurance being transacted, the commissioner shall, at once, determine the amount of deficiency and serve notice upon the insurer to make good the deficiency within 60 days after service of such notice. (b) The deficiency may be made good in cash or in assets eligible for the investment of the insurer's funds, or, if a stock insurer, by reduction of the insurer's capital to an amount not below the minimum required for the kinds of insurance thereafter to be transacted or, if a mutual insurer, by amendment of its certificate of authority to cover only such kind...
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27-31C-4
Section 27-31C-4 Issuance of license - Requirements. (a)(1) The commissioner may not issue a license to an Alabama Coastal Captive Insurance Company unless the company possesses and maintains unimpaired paid-in capital of not less than one million dollars ($1,000,000); however, in the case of an Alabama Coastal Captive Insurance Company formed as a sponsored captive insurance company that does not assume any risk, where the risks insured by the protected cells are homogenous, the commissioner may reduce this amount to an amount not less than five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000). (2) a. Except for an Alabama Coastal Captive Insurance Company formed as a sponsored captive insurance company that does not assume any risk, the capital must be in the form of cash, cash equivalent, or an irrevocable letter of credit issued by a bank chartered by this state or a member bank of the Federal Reserve System with a branch office in this state or as approved by the commissioner. b. For an...
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27-14-8
Section 27-14-8 Forms - Filing and approval or disapproval. (a) No basic insurance policy or annuity contract form or application form where written application is required and is to be made a part of the policy, or contract, or printed rider, or endorsement form or form of renewal certificate shall be delivered or issued for delivery in this state unless the form has been filed with, and approved by, the commissioner. This subsection shall not apply to surety bonds or to specially rated inland marine risks, nor to policies, riders, endorsements, or forms of unique character designed for, and used with, relation to insurance upon a particular subject or which relate to the manner of distribution of benefits or to the reservation of rights and benefits under life or disability insurance policies and are used at the request or with the consent of the individual policyholder, contract holder, or certificate holder. As to group insurance policies effectuated and delivered outside this...
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27-6A-4
Section 27-6A-4 Contract requirements. No person, firm, association, or corporation acting in the capacity of a managing general agent shall place business with an insurer unless there is in force a written contract between the parties that sets forth the responsibilities of each party and where both parties share responsibility for a particular function, specifies the division of such responsibilities, and that contains the following minimum provisions: (a) The insurer may terminate the contract for cause upon written notice to the managing general agent. The insurer may suspend the underwriting authority of the managing general agent during the pendency of any dispute regarding the cause for termination. (b) The managing general agent shall render accounts to the insurer detailing all transactions and remit all funds due under the contract to the insurer on not less than a monthly basis. (c) All funds collected for the account of an insurer will be held by the managing general agent...
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32-7-23
Section 32-7-23 Uninsured motorist coverage; "uninsured motorist" defined; limitation on recovery. (a) No automobile liability or motor vehicle liability policy insuring against loss resulting from liability imposed by law for bodily injury or death suffered by any person arising out of the ownership, maintenance, or use of a motor vehicle shall be delivered or issued for delivery in this state with respect to any motor vehicle registered or principally garaged in this state unless coverage is provided therein or supplemental thereto, in limits for bodily injury or death set forth in subsection (c) of Section 32-7-6, under provisions approved by the Commissioner of Insurance for the protection of persons insured thereunder who are legally entitled to recover damages from owners or operators of uninsured motor vehicles because of bodily injury, sickness or disease, including death, resulting therefrom; provided, that the named insured shall have the right to reject such coverage; and...
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