27-1-24
Section 27-1-24 Alabama Insurance Underwriting Association. (a) Every insurer authorized to
write and engaged in writing, on a direct basis, fire and extended coverage insurance in Alabama
shall be and remain a member of the Alabama Insurance Underwriting Association, an unincorporated
nonprofit joint underwriting association organized in 1970 and in continuous existence from
1970 through November 1, 2008. Every such insurer shall be and remain a member of the association
so long as the association is in existence as a condition of such insurer's authority to continue
to transact the business of insurance in Alabama. An insurer that ceases to be a member of
the association due to withdrawal from the business of insurance in Alabama or its withdrawal
from writing fire and extended coverage insurance in Alabama remains liable to the association
as to contracts entered into during the insurer's membership in the association to the same
extent and effect as if the insurer's membership in...
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27-27-20
Section 27-27-20 Domestic mutual insurers - Authorization to transact additional kinds of insurance.
A domestic mutual insurer, after being authorized to transact one kind of insurance, may be
authorized by the commissioner to transact such additional kinds of insurance as are permitted
under Section 27-3-6, while otherwise in compliance with this title and while maintaining
unimpaired surplus funds in an amount not less than the amount of paid-in capital stock required
of a domestic stock insurer transacting like kinds of insurance, subject further to the additional
expendable surplus requirements of Section 27-3-8 applicable to such a stock insurer. (Acts
1971, No. 407, p. 707, §516.)...
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27-33-6
Section 27-33-6 Trust agreement - Authority to make and execute. An alien insurer proposing
to use Alabama as a state of entry to transact insurance in the United States, whether or
not it is then authorized to transact insurance in this state, is authorized to make and execute
any trust agreement required by this chapter. (Acts 1971, No. 407, p. 707, §661.)...
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27-10-3
Section 27-10-3 Actions by unauthorized insurers not allowed; exceptions. (a) No unauthorized
insurer shall institute or file, or cause to be instituted or filed, any action or proceeding
in this state to enforce any right, claim, or demand arising out of any insurance transaction
in this state until such insurer has obtained a certificate of authority to transact such
insurance in this state. (b) This section does not apply as to: (1) Transactions for which
a certificate of authority is not required; (2) Surplus line coverages written under this
chapter; or (3) Coverages exempted from the surplus line law under Section 27-10-34. (Acts
1963, No. 521, p. 1112, §6; Acts 1971, No. 407, p. 707, §193.)...
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27-10-53
Section 27-10-53 Defense of action or proceeding by insurer. (a) Before an unauthorized insurer
shall file, or cause to be filed, any pleading in any action or proceeding instituted against
it under Sections 27-10-51 and 27-10-52, such insurer shall: (1) Procure a certificate of
authority to transact insurance in this state; or (2) Deposit with the clerk of the court
in which such action or proceeding is pending cash or securities or file with such clerk a
bond with good and sufficient sureties, to be approved by the court, in an amount to be fixed
by the court sufficient to secure the payment of any final judgment which may be entered in
such action. The court may, in its discretion, make an order dispensing with such deposit
or bond where the insurer makes a showing satisfactory to the court that it maintains in a
state of the United States funds or securities, in trust or otherwise, sufficient and available
to satisfy any final judgment which may be entered in such action or...
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27-31-5
Section 27-31-5 Attorneys. (a) "Attorney," as used in this chapter, refers to the
attorney-in-fact of a reciprocal insurer. The attorney may be an individual, firm, or corporation.
(b) Contracts of the insurer, including its policies, shall be executed by the attorney, duly
authorized and acting for the subscribers. (c) The attorney of a foreign or alien reciprocal
insurer, which insurer is duly authorized to transact insurance in this state, shall not,
by virtue of discharge of its duties as such attorney with respect to the insurer's transactions
in this state, be thereby deemed to be doing business in this state within the meaning of
any laws of this state applying to foreign firms or corporations. (Acts 1915, No. 280, p.
315; Acts 1971, No. 407, p. 707, §595.)...
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27-27-32
Section 27-27-32 Contingent liability of members of domestic mutual insurers - Levy of assessments.
(a) If at any time the assets of a domestic mutual insurer are less than its liabilities and
the minimum amount of surplus required to be maintained by it under this title for authority
to transact the kinds of insurance being transacted and the deficiency is not cured from other
sources, its directors shall levy an assessment only upon its members who held policies providing
for contingent liability at any time within the 12 months preceding the date notice of such
assessment was mailed to them, and such members shall be liable to the insurer for the amount
so assessed. (b) The assessment shall be for such an amount as is required to cure such deficiency
and to provide a reasonable amount of working funds above such minimum amount of surplus,
but such working funds so provided shall not exceed five percent of the insurer's liabilities
as of the date as of which the amount of such...
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27-27-4
Section 27-27-4 Solicitation permit - Requirement. (a) No person forming, or proposing to form,
in this state or secure funds in this state for the financing of an insurer, or insurance
holding corporation or stock corporation to finance an insurer or corporation to be attorney-in-fact
for a reciprocal insurer or a syndicate, association, firm, partnership, or organization for
any such purposes, whether domestic or foreign, shall advertise or solicit or receive any
funds, subscription, or membership on account thereof in this state except as authorized by
a currently effective solicitation permit issued by the commissioner, in addition to complying
with other applicable provisions of the law. (b) Any person violating this section shall,
upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine of not more than $10,000.00 or imprisonment
for not more than 10 years, or by both such fine and imprisonment. (c) Any insurer violating
this section, in addition to any other penalties provided by law,...
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27-29-4
Section 27-29-4 Registration of insurers. (a)(1) Every insurer which is authorized to do business
in this state and which is a member of an insurance holding company system shall register
with the commissioner, except a foreign insurer subject to registration requirements and standards
adopted by statute or regulation in the jurisdiction of its domicile which are substantially
similar to those contained in this section and both of the following: a. Subdivision (1) of
subsection (a) of Section 27-29-5, and subsections (b) and (d) of Section 27-29-5. b. Either
subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of Section 27-29-5 or a provision such as the following:
Each registered insurer shall keep current the information required to be disclosed in its
registration statement by reporting all material changes or additions within 15 days after
the end of the month in which it learns of each change or addition. (2) Any insurer which
is subject to registration under this section shall register within 15...
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33-1-25
Section 33-1-25 Port authority authorized to carry fire and casualty and public liability insurance.
The Alabama State Port Authority is hereby authorized to provide insurance covering loss or
damage to its properties, or any properties of others in its custody, care or control, or
any properties as to which it has any insurable interest, caused by fire or other casualty;
and may likewise provide insurance for the payment of damages on account of the injury to
or death of persons, and the loss of or destruction of properties of others; and may pay the
premiums thereon out of the revenues of the port authority. Nothing herein shall be construed
to authorize or permit the institution of any civil action or proceeding in any court against
the port authority for or on account of any matters referred to in this section; provided,
that any contracts of insurance herein authorized may, in the discretion of the director of
the port authority, provide for a direct right of action against the...
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