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27-3-13
Section 27-3-13 Deposit requirements - Special deposit - Title insurers. (a) For authority
to transact such insurance in this state, a foreign title insurer shall have and maintain
on deposit in this state for the better protection of its guaranty holders and creditors,
resident in this state, under its contracts of title insurance, cash and securities eligible
under Section 27-6-3 having a value at all times of not less than $50,000.00. The deposit
shall be so made and maintained in trust with a bank or trust company located in this state,
approved by the commissioner, having a capital and surplus of not less than $500,000.00. (b)
At its option, a domestic title insurer may maintain a deposit in like manner, amount, character
and for like purposes as required for foreign insurers under subsection (a) of this section.
(c) Such deposits shall be subject to the applicable provisions of Chapter 6 of this title.
(Acts 1923, No. 485, p. 635; Acts 1971, No. 407, p. 707, §58.)...
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27-3-14
Section 27-3-14 Deposit requirements - Alien insurers - Generally. (a) An alien insurer shall
not have authority to transact insurance in this state unless it has and maintains within
the United States as deposits with trustees, public depositaries or in trust institutions
approved by the commissioner under Section 27-3-15 assets available for discharge of its United
States insurance obligations, which assets shall be in amount not less than the outstanding
liabilities of the insurer arising out of its insurance transactions in the United States
together with the greater of the following sums: (1) The largest deposit required by Section
27-3-11 to be made by foreign insurers transacting like kinds of insurance; or (2) $300,000.00.
(b) Of the amount deposited by an alien insurer, an amount not less than that required under
subdivisions (a)(1) or (a)(2) of this section shall be deposited and maintained on deposit
in cash or securities eligible for deposit under Section 27-6-3 with the...
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27-3-1
Section 27-3-1 Certificate of authority - Requirement. (a) No person shall act as an insurer
and no insurer shall transact insurance in this state unless so authorized by a subsisting
certificate of authority issued to it by the commissioner, except as to such transactions
as are expressly otherwise provided for in this title. (b) No insurer shall from offices or
by personnel or facilities located in this state solicit insurance applications or otherwise
transact insurance in another state or country unless it holds a subsisting certificate of
authority issued to it by the commissioner authorizing it to transact the same kind or kinds
of insurance in this state. (Acts 1971, No. 407, p. 707, §48.)...
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27-11-5
Section 27-11-5 Secretary of State as agent for service of process on insurer; service of process;
attachment of jurisdiction; fees for service. (a) Any insurer not qualified under the laws
of this state to transact the business of insurance as evidenced by a license or certificate
of authority from the Commissioner of Insurance which shall transact, or attempt to transact,
the business of insurance in this state or which shall do, or attempt to do, any of the acts
and occurrences set out in Section 27-11-3 shall, by the doing of such business or the performing
or attempting to perform any of such acts, be deemed to have appointed the Secretary of State,
or his successor or successors in office, to be the true and lawful attorney or agent of such
insurer whom process may be served in any action accrued or accruing from the transacting
of such business or the performing of such act by any such insurer, or by its agent, servant,
or employee. Service of such process shall be made by...
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27-31-25
Section 27-31-25 Nonassessable policies. (a) If a reciprocal insurer has a surplus of assets
over all liabilities at least equal to the minimum capital stock required of a domestic stock
insurer authorized to transact like kinds of insurance, upon application of the attorney and
as approved by the subscribers' advisory committee, the commissioner shall issue his certificate
authorizing the insurer to extinguish the contingent liability of subscribers under its policies
then in force in this state and to omit provisions imposing contingent liability in all policies
delivered, or issued for delivery, in this state for so long as all such surplus remains unimpaired.
(b) Upon impairment of such surplus, the commissioner shall forthwith revoke the certificate.
Such revocation shall not render subject to contingent liability any policy then in force
and for the remainder of the period for which the premium has theretofore been paid; but after
such revocation, no policy shall be issued or...
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27-27-15
Section 27-27-15 Domestic mutual insurers - Authorization to transact insurance. (a) When newly
organized, a domestic mutual insurer may be authorized to transact any one of the kinds of
insurance listed in the schedule contained in subsection (b) of this section. (b) When applying
for an original certificate of authority, the insurer must be otherwise qualified therefor
under this title and must have received and accepted bona fide applications as to substantial
insurable subjects for insurance coverage of a substantial character of the kind of insurance
proposed to be transacted, must have collected in cash the full premium therefor at a rate
not less than that usually charged by other insurers for comparable coverages, must have surplus
funds on hand and deposited as of the date such insurance coverages are to become effective
or, in lieu of such applications, premiums and surplus and may deposit surplus, all in accordance
with that part of the following schedule which applies to...
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27-3-16
Section 27-3-16 Lloyd's insurers. Aggregations of individuals as underwriters, whether domestic,
foreign, or alien, assuming insurance risks upon the plan known as "Lloyd's," whereby
each underwriter is liable for the proportionate part assumed by him of the whole amount so
insured by a policy issued by such underwriters, may be authorized to transact any kind, or
kinds, of insurance in this state other than life or title insurances if the insurer is otherwise
in compliance with this title, subject to the following conditions: (1) If a foreign or alien
insurer, it must have successfully been in business as an authorized insurer in the state
or country of domicile for at least 10 years. (2) If a domestic insurer, it must file with
the commissioner evidence, satisfactory to him, that it has been soundly organized and that
its insurance operations will, at all times, be competently conducted by individuals having
the necessary experience in insurance underwriting and management to do so,...
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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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27-3-6.1
Section 27-3-6.1 Authority to transact insurance - Kind or combinations of kinds - Closing
or settlement protection. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (3) of Section
27-3-6, a title insurer may issue closing or settlement protection to a person who is a party
to a transaction in which a title insurance policy will be issued. (b) The form of closing
or settlement protection shall be submitted to and approved by the commissioner. (c) The closing
or settlement protection may indemnify a person only against loss of closing or settlement
funds because of one of the following acts of a settlement agent, such as a title insurance
agent or other settlement service provider which has been approved by the title insurer for
such protection, under the terms and conditions of the closing protection as approved by the
commissioner: (1) Theft or misappropriation of settlement funds in connection with a transaction
in which a title insurance policy or title insurance policies will be...
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27-6-15
Section 27-6-15 Release of deposit - Generally. (a) All deposits in this state made under this
title shall be held on deposit as long as there is outstanding any liability of the insurer
with respect to which the deposit was made. (b) Any such deposit shall be released and returned:
(1) To the insurer upon extinguishment by reinsurance in an insurer authorized to transact
such insurance in this state, or otherwise, of all liability of the insurer for the security
of which the deposit is held; (2) To the insurer during solvency, to the extent such deposit
is in excess of the amount required; or (3) Upon proper order of a court of competent jurisdiction,
to the receiver, conservator, rehabilitator, or liquidator of the insurer or to any other
properly designated official, or officials, who succeed to the management and control of the
insurer's assets. (c) The Treasurer shall release any such deposit, or part thereof, upon
written authorization of the commissioner and of the insurer or...
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