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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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27-25-4
Section 27-25-4 Title insurance agent; appointment; issuance of policies. (a) No person shall
act as a title insurance agent in this state unless licensed pursuant to this chapter. Nothing
herein contained shall be construed to prevent a title insurer licensed to do business in
this state, nor an employee thereof, from issuing a policy of title insurance in this state.
(b) Each title insurance agent acting on behalf of a title insurance company shall be appointed
by the title insurance company in accordance with this chapter. The commissioner shall collect
from the title insurer the fees set forth in Section 27-25-4.7 for each appointment. Nothing
herein contained shall be construed to require the issuance of an appointment as described
in this subsection to a title insurer licensed to do business in this state, nor an employee
thereof, for the purpose of issuing a policy of title insurance in this state. (c) Unless
a later date is specifically authorized by the title insurer for a...
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27-10-35
Section 27-10-35 Report of, and tax on, independently procured coverages; exceptions. (a) Anyone
who may desire to place his insurance in a foreign insurer not authorized to do business in
this state may place such insurance, and any insured who in this state procures, or causes
to be procured, or continues or renews insurance in an unauthorized foreign insurer or any
self-insurer who in this state so procures or continues excess loss, catastrophe, or other
insurance, upon a subject of insurance resident, located or to be performed within this state,
other than insurance procured through a surplus line broker pursuant to the surplus lines
law of this state or exempted from such law under Section 27-10-34 shall, within 90 days after
the date such insurance was so procured, continued, or renewed, file a written report of the
same with the commissioner on forms designated by the commissioner and furnished to such an
insured upon request. The report shall show the name and address of the...
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27-20-5
Section 27-20-5 Blanket disability insurance - Power to issue; filing requirement; mandatory
policy provisions. Any insurer authorized to write disability insurance in this state shall
have the power to issue blanket disability insurance. No such blanket policy may be issued
or delivered in this state unless a copy of the form thereof shall have been filed in accordance
with Section 27-14-8. Every such blanket policy shall contain provisions which, in the opinion
of the commissioner, are at least as favorable to the policyholder and the individual insured
as the following: (1) A provision that the policy, including endorsements and a copy of the
application, if any, of the policyholder and the persons insured shall constitute the entire
contract between the parties, and that any statement made by the policyholder or by a person
insured shall, in absence of fraud, be deemed a representation and not a warranty and that
no such statements shall be used in defense to a claim under the...
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27-13-36
Section 27-13-36 Examination of business, etc., of rating organizations and insurers making
own rates. The commissioner may, whenever he deems it expedient, but at least once in every
five years, make, or cause to be made, an examination of the business, affairs, and method
of operation of every rating organization doing business in this state and a like examination
of an insurer making its own rates. The cost of such examination shall be fixed in the same
manner as provided for in this title and shall be paid by the rating organization or insurer
making its own rates being examined. The commissioner may, in his discretion, waive such examination
upon proof that such rating organization has, within a reasonably recent period, been examined
by a public official or department of another state pursuant to the laws of such state and
upon the filing with the department of a certified copy of the report of such examination.
The officers, managers, agents, and employees of such rating...
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27-13-38
Section 27-13-38 Prohibition against premiums not in accord with approved rating systems. No
insurer, or employee thereof, and no broker or agent shall knowingly charge, demand, or receive
a premium for any policy of insurance except in accordance with the respective rating systems
on file with, and approved by, the commissioner. No insurer, or employee thereof, and no broker
or agent 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 of insurance, except to the extent that
such rebate, discount, abatement, credit, reduction, favor, advantage, or consideration may
be provided for in rating systems filed by, or on behalf of,...
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27-13-76
Section 27-13-76 Prohibition against premiums not in accord with approved rating systems. No
insurer, or employee thereof, and no broker or agent shall knowingly charge, demand or receive
a premium for any policy of insurance except in accordance with the respective rating systems
on file with, and approved by, the commissioner. No insurer, or employee thereof, and no broker
or agent 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 of insurance, except to the extent that
such rebate, discount, abatement, credit, reduction, favor, advantage, or consideration may
be provided for in rating systems filed by, or on behalf...
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27-25-9
Section 27-25-9 Violations; enforcement of chapter; penalties. (a) Each individual transaction
which is in violation of this chapter or which does not otherwise conform to the requirements
of this chapter shall be considered a violation. (b) This chapter shall be enforceable only
by the commissioner and does not create any private cause of action or other private legal
recourse. (c) The commissioner may, in his or her discretion and upon good cause shown, revoke
the certificate of authority of a title agent, revoke the license issued to a title insurer,
or impose a fine in an amount not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) for each violation
of this chapter or of any rule or regulation promulgated under this chapter. No title insurer
shall pay, directly or indirectly, any portion of a fine imposed on any agent of the title
insurer. In addition, the commissioner may impose a fine in an amount not to exceed five thousand
dollars ($5,000) per violation upon a finding that an agent or an...
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27-21-2
Section 27-21-2 Offering of insurance. Any insurer authorized and licensed to engage in the
business of health insurance in this state may join with one or more other such insurers to
offer to any resident of this state, who meets the qualifications established by the commissioner,
insurance against major financial loss from accident or disease. Such insurance may be offered
by such insurers in their own names or in the name of a voluntary unincorporated association
or other organization formed by such insurers solely for the purpose of this plan. The forms
of applications, certifications, and policies of such insurance, the applicable premium rates,
annual statement, and all other information required by the department under Alabama law for
organizations in the business of health insurance shall be filed with the commissioner for
his approval. Any other information which the commissioner deems necessary for the efficient
operation of the plan may also be required. (Acts 1971, No. 501,...
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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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