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27-1-17
Section 27-1-17 Limitation periods for payment of claims; overdue claims; retroactive denials,
adjustments, etc.; penalties. (a) Each insurer, health service corporation, and health benefit
plan that issues or renews any policy of accident or health insurance providing benefits for
medical or hospital expenses for its insured persons shall pay for services rendered by Alabama
health care providers within 45 calendar days upon receipt of a clean written claim or 30
calendar days upon receipt of a clean electronic claim. If the insurer, health service corporation,
or health benefit plan is denying or pending the claim, the insurer, health service corporation,
or health benefit plan shall, within 45 calendar days for a written claim and 30 calendar
days for an electronic claim, notify the health care provider or certificate holder of the
reason for denying or pending the claim and what, if any, additional information is required
to process the claim. Any undisputed portion of the claim...
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40-2B-2
Section 40-2B-2 Alabama Tax Tribunal. (a) Statement of Purpose. To increase public confidence
in the fairness of the state tax system, the state shall provide an independent agency with
tax expertise to resolve disputes between the Department of Revenue and taxpayers, prior to
requiring the payment of the amounts in issue or the posting of a bond, but after the taxpayer
has had a full opportunity to attempt settlement with the Department of Revenue based, among
other things, on the hazards of litigation. By establishing an independent Alabama Tax Tribunal
within the executive branch of government, this chapter provides taxpayers with a means of
resolving controversies that insures both the appearance and the reality of due process and
fundamental fairness. The tax tribunal shall provide hearings in all tax matters, except those
specified by statute, and render decisions and orders relating thereto. A tax tribunal hearing
shall be commenced by the filing of a notice of appeal protesting...
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27-2B-9
Section 27-2B-9 Confidentiality of reports and plans; information sharing agreements; publication
of RBC levels prohibited; use of reports and plans by commissioner. (a) All RBC reports, to
the extent the information therein is not required to be set forth in a publicly available
annual statement schedule, and RBC plans, including the results or report of any examination
or analysis of an insurer performed pursuant hereto and any corrective order issued by the
commissioner pursuant to examination or analysis, with respect to any domestic insurer or
foreign insurer which are filed with the commissioner constitute information that may be damaging
to the insurer if made available to its competitors and therefore shall be kept confidential
by the commissioner. This information shall not be made public or be subject to subpoena,
other than by the commissioner, and then only for the purpose of enforcement actions taken
by the commissioner pursuant to this chapter or any other provision of...
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27-29-3.1
Section 27-29-3.1 Acquisition involving change in control of insurer authorized to do business
in Alabama; pre-acquisition notification; violation of competitive standards. (a) The following
definitions shall apply for the purposes of this section only: (1) ACQUISITION. Any agreement
or arrangement the consummation of which results in a person acquiring directly or indirectly
the control of another person, and includes, but is not limited to, the acquisition of voting
securities, the acquisition of assets, bulk reinsurance, and mergers. (2) INVOLVED INSURER.
Includes an insurer which either acquires or is acquired, is affiliated with an acquirer or
acquired, or is the result of a merger. (b)(1) Except as exempted in subdivision (2), this
section applies to any acquisition in which there is a change in control of an insurer authorized
to do business in this state. (2) This section shall not apply to the following: a. A purchase
of securities solely for investment purposes so long as the...
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27-44-8
Section 27-44-8 Powers and duties of association. (a) If a member insurer is an impaired insurer,
the association may, in its discretion and subject to any conditions imposed by the association
that do not impair the contractual obligations of the impaired insurer, and that are approved
by the commissioner: (1) Guarantee or reinsure, or cause to be guaranteed, assumed, or reinsured,
any or all of the covered policies of the impaired insurers. (2) Provide such moneys, pledges,
notes, guarantees, or other means as are proper to effectuate subdivision (1), and assure
payment of the contractual obligations of the impaired insurer pending action under subdivision
(1). (b) If a member insurer is an insolvent insurer, the association shall, in its discretion
and subject to the approval of the commissioner, do either of the following: (1)a. Guarantee,
assume, or reinsure, or cause to be guaranteed, assumed, or reinsured, the covered policies
of the insolvent insurer. b. Assure payment of the...
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22-21-370
Section 22-21-370 Posting of securities or surety bond; custody of securities; exemption from
taxation; release of securities or bond; modification orders; hearing; effect of failure to
comply. (a) To assure the faithful performance of its obligations in the event of insolvency
each dental service corporation authorized under Section 22-21-364 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) A corporation which has operated no dental service plan in this state prior
to January 1, 1983, shall, prior to the issuance of its certificate of authority and before
receiving any subscription payments, place in trust with the Treasurer of the State, through
the commissioner an initial amount of $50,000.00; (2) A corporation operating a dental service
plan business in this state prior to January 1, 1983, and...
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27-60-2
Section 27-60-2 Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact. The State of Alabama hereby
agrees to the following interstate compact known as the Interstate Insurance Product Regulation
Compact: ARTICLE I. PURPOSES. The purposes of this compact are, through means of joint and
cooperative action among the compacting states: 1. To promote and protect the interest of
consumers of individual and group annuity, life insurance, disability income, and long-term
care insurance products; 2. To develop uniform standards for insurance products covered under
the compact; 3. To establish a central clearinghouse to receive and provide prompt review
of insurance products covered under the compact and, in certain cases, advertisements related
thereto, submitted by insurers authorized to do business in one or more compacting states;
4. To give appropriate regulatory approval to those product filings and advertisements satisfying
the applicable uniform standard; 5. To improve coordination of...
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27-44-9
Section 27-44-9 Assessments. (a) For the purpose of providing the funds necessary to carry
out the powers and duties of the association, the board of directors shall assess the member
insurers, separately for each account, at such time and for such amounts as the board finds
necessary. Assessments shall be due not less than 30 days after prior written notice to the
member insurers and shall accrue interest at six percent per annum on and after the due date.
(b) There shall be two classes of assessments, as follows: (1) Class A assessments shall be
authorized and called for the purpose of meeting administrative and legal costs and other
expenses. Class A assessment may be authorized and called whether or not related to a particular
impaired or insolvent insurer. (2) Class B assessments shall be authorized and called to the
extent necessary to carry out the powers and duties of the association under Section 27-44-8
with regard to an impaired or insolvent insurer. (c)(1) The amount of a...
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9-16-89
Section 9-16-89 Performance bonds and bond releases. (a) After a surface coal mining and reclamation
permit application has been approved but before such a permit is issued, the applicant shall
file with the regulatory authority, on a form prescribed and furnished by the regulatory authority,
a bond for performance payable to the state and conditioned upon faithful performance of all
the requirements of this article and the permit. The bond shall cover all lands disturbed
by the surface coal mining operation and the amount of the initial bond shall be such to cover
that area of land within the permit area upon which the operator will initiate and conduct
surface coal mining and reclamation operations within the initial term of the permit. As succeeding
increments of surface coal mining and reclamation operations are to be initiated and conducted
within the permit area, the permittee shall file with the regulatory authority an additional
bond or bonds to cover such increments in...
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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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