27-31-6
Section 27-31-6 Surplus funds of domestic insurer. (a) A domestic reciprocal insurer formed
under this chapter, if it has otherwise complied with the applicable provisions of this title,
may be authorized to transact insurance if it has, and thereafter maintains, surplus funds
as follows: (1) To transact property insurance, surplus funds of not less than $200,000.00;
and (2) To transact casualty insurance, surplus funds of not less than $300,000.00. (b) In
addition to surplus required to be maintained under subsection (a) of this section, the insurer
shall have, when first so authorized, expendable surplus in amount as required of a like foreign
reciprocal insurer under Section 27-3-8. (c) A domestic reciprocal insurer may be authorized
to transact additional kinds of insurance if it has otherwise complied with the provisions
of this title therefor and possesses and so maintains surplus funds in amount equal to the
minimum capital stock required of a stock insurer for authority to...
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27-3-7
Section 27-3-7 Authority to transact insurance - Kind or combinations of kinds - Minimum paid-in
capital stock and surplus. (a) To qualify for authority to transact any one kind of insurance,
as defined in Chapter 5 of this title, or combination of kinds of insurance as shown below,
an insurer applying for its original certificate of authority in this state after the effective
date of this title or continuing such original certificate of authority shall possess and
thereafter maintain unimpaired paid-in capital stock, if a stock insurer, or unimpaired surplus,
if a foreign mutual or foreign reciprocal insurer, in amount not less than as applicable under
the schedule below and shall possess when first so authorized such additional funds as surplus
as are required under Section 27-3-8: Kind or kinds of insurance Minimum capital or surplus
required Life $800,000.00 Disability 500,000.00 Life and disability 800,000.00 Property 300,000.00
Marine 300,000.00 Casualty 400,000.00 Surety...
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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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27-27-4
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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27-5B-8
Section 27-5B-8 Certified reinsurer. (a) Credit shall be allowed when the reinsurance is ceded
to an assuming insurer that is certified by the commissioner as a reinsurer in this state
and secures its obligations in accordance with the requirements of this section. In order
to be eligible for certification, the assuming insurer shall meet all of the following requirements:
(1) The assuming insurer must be domiciled and licensed to transact insurance or reinsurance
in a qualified jurisdiction, as determined by the commissioner pursuant to subsection (c).
(2) The assuming insurer must maintain minimum capital and surplus, or its equivalent, in
an amount to be determined by the commissioner pursuant to regulation. (3) The assuming insurer
must maintain financial strength ratings from two or more rating agencies deemed acceptable
by the commissioner pursuant to regulation. (4) The assuming insurer must agree to submit
to the jurisdiction of this state, appoint the commissioner as its agent...
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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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27-31-25
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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27-3-8
Section 27-3-8 Authority to transact insurance - Kind or combinations of kinds - Special surplus.
(a) In addition to the minimum paid-in capital stock (stock insurers) or minimum surplus (mutual
and reciprocal insurers) required by Section 27-3-7, special surplus shall be possessed by
insurers hereafter applying for original certificates of authority in this state as follows:
(1) All stock insurers and foreign mutual and foreign reciprocal insurers which have actively
transacted insurance in their states or countries of domicile as an authorized insurer for
less than five years and which do not meet the requirements of paragraphs (2) a or (2) b of
Section 27-3-4, when first authorized to transact insurance in this state shall have a surplus
or additional surplus equal to 150 percent of the paid-up capital stock, if a stock insurer,
or surplus, if a foreign mutual or foreign reciprocal insurer, otherwise required under Section
27-3-7 for the kinds of insurance to be transacted; and (2)...
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27-31-7
Section 27-31-7 Certificate of authority - Application by domestic insurer; contents of declaration.
(a) Twenty-five or more persons domiciled in this state may organize a domestic reciprocal
insurer and make application to the commissioner for a certificate of authority to transact
insurance. (b) The proposed attorney shall fulfill the requirements of and shall execute and
file with the commissioner when applying for a certificate of authority a declaration setting
forth: (1) The name of the insurer; (2) The location of the insurer's principal office, which
shall be the same as that of the attorney and shall be maintained within this state; (3) The
kinds of insurance proposed to be transacted; (4) The names and addresses of the original
subscribers; (5) The designation and appointment of the proposed attorney and a copy of the
power of attorney; (6) The names and addresses of the officers and directors of the attorney,
if a corporation, or its members, if a firm; (7) The powers of the...
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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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