5-19-20
Section 5-19-20 Insurance. (a) With respect to any consumer credit transaction, the creditor shall not require any insurance other than insurance against loss of or damage to any property in which the creditor is given a security interest and insurance insuring the lien of the creditor on the property which is collateral for the transaction. (b) (1) Credit life and disability and involuntary unemployment insurance may be offered and, if accepted, may be provided by the creditor. The charge to the debtor for the insurance shall not exceed the premium permitted for the coverages. Insurance with respect to any credit transaction shall not exceed the approximate amount and term of the credit. (2) This subdivision (2) applies to all consumer credit transactions entered into on or after June 19, 1996. If the consumer credit transaction is scheduled to be repaid in substantially equal installments which include a portion of the amount financed, the amount of credit life insurance at any time...
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27-27-46
Section 27-27-46 Merger and consolidations - Domestic mutual insurers. (a) A domestic mutual insurer may merge or consolidate with another insurer under the applicable procedures prescribed by the statutes of this state applying to corporations formed for profit, except as provided in this section. (b) The plan and agreement for merger or consolidation shall be submitted to, and approved by, at least two-thirds of the members of each mutual insurer voting thereon at meetings called for the purpose pursuant to such reasonable notice and procedure as has been approved by the commissioner. If a life insurer, right to vote may be limited to members whose policies are other than term and group policies and have been in effect for more than one year. (c) No such merger or consolidation shall be effectuated unless in advance thereof the plan and agreement therefor have been filed with the commissioner and approved by him in writing after a hearing thereon. The commissioner shall give 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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27-32-15
Section 27-32-15 Conduct of delinquency proceedings - Domestic and alien insurers. (a) Whenever under this chapter a receiver is to be appointed in delinquency proceedings for a domestic or alien insurer, the court shall appoint the commissioner as such receiver. The court shall order the commissioner forthwith to take possession of the assets of the insurer and to administer the same under the orders of the court. (b) As a domiciliary receiver, the commissioner shall be vested by operation of law with the title to all of the property, contracts, and rights of action and all of the books and records of the insurer, wherever located, as of the date of entry of the order directing him to rehabilitate or liquidate a domestic insurer or to liquidate the United States branch of an alien insurer domiciled in this state, and he shall have the right to recover the same and reduce the same to possession; except, that ancillary receivers in reciprocal states shall have, as to assets located in...
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27-5-11
Section 27-5-11 Limits of risk. (a) No insurer shall retain any risk on any one subject of insurance, whether located or to be performed in this state or elsewhere, in an amount exceeding 10 percent of its surplus to policyholders. (b) A "subject of insurance," for the purposes of this section, as to insurance against fire and hazards other than windstorm, earthquake, and other catastrophic hazards, includes all properties insured by the same insurer which are customarily considered by underwriters to be subject to loss or damage from the same fire or the same occurrence of such other hazard insured against. (c) Reinsurance ceded as authorized by Section 27-5-12 shall be deducted in determining risk retained. As to surety risks, deduction shall also be made of the amount assumed by any established incorporated cosurety and the value of any security deposited, pledged or held subject to the surety's consent and for the surety's protection. (d) As to alien insurers, this section shall...
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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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27-10-52
Section 27-10-52 Service of process upon insurer; judgment by default. (a) Service of process upon an insurer pursuant to Section 27-10-51 shall be made by delivering to, and leaving with, the commissioner, or some person in apparent charge of his office, two copies thereof and the payment to him of such fees as may be prescribed by law. The commissioner shall forthwith mail by registered mail one of the copies of the process to the defendant at its last known principal place of business and shall keep a record of all process so served upon him. Such service of process is sufficient, provided notice of the service and a copy of the process are sent promptly after such service by the commissioner by registered mail to the defendant at its last known principal place of business and the defendant's receipt, or receipt issued by the post office with which the letter is registered, showing the name of the sender of the letter and the name and address of the person to whom the letter is...
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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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27-17A-14
Section 27-17A-14 Surety bond. (a) As an alternative to the trust requirement of Section 27-17A-13, the details of which are set forth in Articles 3 and 4, a preneed provider may, with the prior approval of the commissioner, purchase a surety bond in an amount not less than the aggregate value of outstanding liabilities on undelivered preneed contracts for merchandise, services, and cash advances. For the purposes of this section, the term outstanding liabilities means the original retail amount of services and cash advances and the actual cost to the entity to provide the undelivered merchandise sold on each contract written after April 30, 2002. The surety bond shall be in an amount sufficient to cover the outstanding liability at the time each contract is executed. (b) The bond shall be made payable to the State of Alabama for the benefit of the commissioner and of all purchasers of preneed merchandise, services, and cash advances. The bond shall be issued by an insurance company...
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27-21A-2
Section 27-21A-2 Establishment of health maintenance organizations. (a) Notwithstanding any law of this state to the contrary, any person may apply to the commissioner for and obtain a certificate of authority to establish and operate a health maintenance organization in compliance with this chapter. No person shall establish or operate a health maintenance organization in this state without obtaining a certificate of authority under this chapter. A foreign corporation may qualify under this chapter, subject to its registration to do business in this state as a foreign corporation under the provisions of Sections 10-2A-220, et seq. (b) Health maintenance organizations licensed as of May 29, 1986, shall be issued a certificate of authority in accordance with Section 27-21A-29. (c) Each application for a certificate of authority shall be verified by an officer or authorized representative of the applicant, shall be in a form prescribed by the commissioner, and shall set forth or be...
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