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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27-39-2
Section 27-39-2 Applicability of chapter. This chapter shall be deemed and held exclusive authority for the organization and operation of automobile clubs and associations within this state, and such clubs and associations shall not be subject to any other laws respecting insurance companies of any class, kind, or character except as to the conduct of hearings by the commissioner and appeals therefrom; provided, however, that this chapter shall not affect the validity of any membership certificate of any automobile club or association issued and outstanding prior to January 1, 1972. Notwithstanding the aforementioned, nothing in this chapter shall be construed as authority for a licensed automobile club or association to provide or furnish insurance coverage unless such clubs shall have complied with all the laws and regulations required of insurance companies authorized to do business in this state. (Acts 1971, No. 407, p. 707, §805.)...
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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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27-3-26
Section 27-3-26 Annual statement of insurers; furnishing of other information on request. (a) Each authorized insurer shall, annually on or before March 1, or within such extension of time not exceeding 30 days after March 1 as the commissioner for good cause shown may grant as to a particular insurer, file with the commissioner a full and true statement of its financial condition, transactions and affairs as of the December 31, preceding. The statement shall be in such general form and context as is in current use for similar reports to states in general with respect to the type of insurer and kinds of insurance to be reported upon and as supplemented by additional information required by the commissioner. The statement shall be verified by the oath of the insurer's president or vice-president and secretary or actuary as applicable or, if a reciprocal insurer, by the oath of the attorney-in-fact or its like officers if a corporation. (b) The statement of an alien insurer shall be...
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27-30-21
Section 27-30-21 Accounts and records. (a) Every mutual aid association shall keep complete and accurate accounts and records of its affairs and transactions, in accordance with the usual and accepted methods and principles of insurance accounting and record keeping as applicable to the kind of business transacted by the association. (b) All such accounts and records of a mutual aid association shall be kept in the principal offices of the association located in this state and be available for inspection thereat by the commissioner on any general business day. (c) The commissioner may suspend or revoke the certificate of authority of any association found by him to be in violation of this section. (Acts 1971, No. 407, p. 707, §577.)...
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27-9A-8
Section 27-9A-8 Prelicensing course and examination. (a)(1) Every individual subject to the examination required in subsection (b) shall first complete a prelicensing course consisting of 20 classroom hours per line of authority, or equivalent individual instruction. (2) The prelicensing course shall have been completed within 12 months before the date of the related examination as shown on the certificate furnished by the prelicensing course provider. (3) Every prelicensing course provider shall apply annually for the continued authority to issue certificates of completion under rules to be prescribed by the commissioner. (4) At the time of initial approval and annually thereafter, the commissioner shall collect from each prelicensing course provider a fee set by the commissioner not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100). The fee shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Insurance Department Fund. Public institutions shall be exempt from paying the fee, but shall...
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27-19-105
Section 27-19-105 Regulations for long-term care policies; outline of coverage, policy summary, and monthly report. (a) The commissioner may adopt regulations that include standards for full and fair disclosure setting forth the manner, content, and required disclosures for the sale of long-term care insurance policies, terms of renewability, initial and subsequent conditions of eligibility, nonduplication of coverage provisions, coverage of dependents, preexisting conditions, termination of insurance, continuation or conversion, probationary periods, limitations, exceptions, reductions, elimination periods, requirements for replacement, recurrent conditions, and definitions of terms. Regulations under this subsection should recognize the developing and unique nature of long-term care insurance and the distinction between group and individual long-term insurance policies. (b) No long-term care insurance policy may do any of the following: (1) Be cancelled, nonrenewed, or otherwise...
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27-2B-2
Section 27-2B-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter, these terms shall have the following meanings: (1) ADJUSTED RBC REPORT. An RBC report which has been adjusted by the commissioner in accordance with subsection (e) of Section 27-2B-3. (2) CORRECTIVE ORDER. An order issued by the commissioner specifying corrective actions which the commissioner has determined are required. (3) DOMESTIC INSURER. Any insurer domiciled in this state. (4) FOREIGN INSURER. Any insurer which is licensed to do business in this state but not domiciled in this state. (5) FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETY. Any insurer licensed under Chapter 34. (6) HEALTH ORGANIZATION. Any health care service plan, health maintenance organization, limited health service organization, dental services corporation, or other managed care organization licensed under this title. This term does not include any life and disability insurer or property and casualty insurer. (7) INSURER. As defined in Section 27-1-2, including, without...
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27-3-19
Section 27-3-19 Continuance, expiration, reinstatement and amendment of certificates. (a) Certificates of authority issued or renewed under this title shall continue in force as long as the insurer is entitled thereto under this title and until suspended, revoked or terminated at the request of the insurer; subject, however, to continuance of the certificate by the insurer each year by: (1) Payment prior to March 1 of the continuation fee provided in Section 27-4-2; and (2) Due filing by the insurer of its annual statement for the calendar year preceding as required under Section 27-3-26. (b) If not so continued by the insurer, its certificate of authority shall expire at midnight on the May 31, next following, such failure of the insurer so to continue it in force. The commissioner shall promptly notify the insurer of the occurrence of any such failure resulting in impending expiration of its certificate of authority. (c) The commissioner may, in his discretion, reinstate a...
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15-13-101
Section 15-13-101 Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. (1) APPEARANCE BOND. An appearance bond is an undertaking to pay the clerk of the circuit, district, or municipal court, for the use of the State of Alabama or the municipality, a specified sum of money upon the failure of a person released to comply with its conditions. (2) JUDICIAL OFFICER. Any supreme court, appellate court, circuit court, district court, or municipal court judge or any magistrate of any court in this state. (3) PROFESSIONAL BAIL COMPANY. A person, individual proprietor, partnership, corporation, or other entity, other than a professional surety company, that furnishes bail or becomes surety for a person on an appearance bond and does so for a valuable consideration. (4) PROFESSIONAL BONDSMAN. An individual person or agent employed by a professional surety company or professional bail company to...
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