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8-32-6
Section 8-32-6 Prohibited acts. (a) A provider shall not use in its name the words insurance,
casualty, surety, mutual, or any other words descriptive of the insurance, casualty, or surety
business; or a name deceptively similar to the name or description of any insurance or surety
corporation, or to the name of any other provider. The word "guaranty" or similar
word may be used by a provider. This section shall not apply to a company that was using any
of the prohibited language in its name prior to August 1, 1997. However, a company using the
prohibited language in its name shall include in its service contracts a statement in substantially
the following form: "This agreement is not an insurance contract." (b) A person,
such as a bank, savings and loan association, lending institution, manufacturer, or seller
of any product, shall not require the purchase of a service contract as a condition of a loan
or a condition for the sale of any property. (Acts 1997, No. 97-445, p. 753, ยง6.)...
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8-37-2
Section 8-37-2 (Effective January 1, 2018) Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the
following words have the following meanings: (1) ADMINISTRATOR. A person, other than an insurer
or creditor, that performs administrative or operational functions pursuant to guaranteed
asset protection waiver programs. (2) BORROWER. A debtor, retail buyer or lessee, under a
finance agreement. (3) CREDITOR means any of the following: a. The lender in a loan or credit
transaction. b. The lessor in a lease transaction. c. Any retail seller of motor vehicles
in a retail installment transaction. d. The seller in commercial retail installment transactions.
e. The assignees of any of the foregoing to whom the credit or lease obligation is payable.
(4) FINANCE AGREEMENT. A loan, lease, or retail installment sales contract for the purchase
or lease of a motor vehicle. (5) FREE LOOK PERIOD. The period of time from the effective date
of the GAP waiver until the date the borrower may cancel the GAP...
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16-53-3
Section 16-53-3 Board of trustees - Created; membership, eligibility, etc. (a) The board of
trustees of the state educational institution at Livingston, Alabama, now known as The University
of West Alabama, but formerly known as Livingston University, shall consist of two members
from the congressional district in which the primary campus office of the institution is located,
one member from each of the other congressional districts in the state, five members from
the state-at-large, the State Superintendent of Education, and the Governor, who shall be
ex officio president of the board. Beginning in 2006, the terms of the trustees shall be six
years, with the exceptions noted below, and no trustee may serve more than two terms except
that trustees serving in 2006 are eligible for appointment to one additional term regardless
of the previous number of terms served. All terms will expire on December 27 of the final
year of the term. Should a trustee or trustees whose term expired on...
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27-17A-10
Section 27-17A-10 Certificate required. (a) No person may sell a preneed contract without first
having a valid certificate of authority. (b)(1) No person may receive any funds for payment
on a preneed contract who does not hold a valid certificate of authority. (2) Any preneed
transaction in which a buyer pays to the seller before need, in whole or in part, a purchase
price for funeral or cemetery merchandise and services, and in which the seller is not obligated
to deliver the contracted for merchandise or to perform the services until need, in whole
or in part, shall be evidenced by a written preneed contract satisfying the requirements of
this chapter and signed by the seller and the purchaser. No person may receive or accept any
form of consideration in such a transaction without a fully signed written preneed contract.
A transaction not evidenced by a signed written preneed contract shall be voidable at the
election of the buyer and, if such election is made, the seller shall...
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27-2-21
Section 27-2-21 Examinations - Affairs, etc., of insurers and surplus line brokers. (a) For
the purpose of determining its financial condition, ability to fulfill its obligations and
compliance with the law, the commissioner shall examine the affairs, transactions, accounts,
records, and assets of each authorized insurer, and the records of surplus line brokers restricted
to those matters under Section 27-10-29, including the attorney-in-fact of a reciprocal insurer
insofar as insurer transactions are involved as often as the commissioner deems appropriate
but shall, at a minimum, conduct an examination of every insurer licensed in this state not
less frequently than once every five years. In scheduling and determining the nature, scope,
and frequency of the examinations, the commissioner shall consider such matters as the results
of financial statement analyses and ratios, changes in management or ownership, actuarial
opinions, reports of independent certified public accountants, and...
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27-36A-20
Section 27-36A-20 Small company alternative valuation. (a) A company calculating reserves under
this section shall calculate reserves for ordinary life insurance, accident and health insurance
contracts, credit life contracts, group life contracts, annuities, or deposit-type contracts
in this state as if the policies were issued before the operative date of the valuation manual.
For such policies issued after the operative date of the valuation manual, any mortality and
interest rates defined by the valuation manual for net premium reserves shall be used. A company
calculating reserves under this section shall comply with Section 27-36A-4(a) instead of Section
27-36A-4(b) and meet all of the following conditions: (1) The company has less than three
hundred million dollars ($300,000,000) of ordinary life premium. (2) If the company is a member
of a group of life insurers, the group has combined ordinary life premium of less than six
hundred million dollars ($600,000,000). (3) The...
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27-41-34
Section 27-41-34 Particular investments - Real estate. (a)(1) An insurer may acquire, invest
in, own, maintain, alter, furnish, and improve the following real estate: a. Land and buildings
used for home office and branch office purposes, together with such other real estate as is
required for the convenient transaction of its business; and b. Funeral home buildings used
in the servicing of burial insurance policies. (2) An insurer may lease to others part of
the real property otherwise occupied by it for home office and other purposes under paragraphs
a. and b. of subdivision (1) of this subsection, except that the value of the parts so leased
must be included in subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of this section. (3) Except as provided
in subsection (e) of this section, an insurer may not carry, as an admitted asset, real estate
acquired under this subsection following 10 years from the date when such real estate ceases
to be necessary for the convenient accommodation of the insurer in...
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34-33-1
Section 34-33-1 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases
shall have the meanings respectively ascribed in this section: (1) CERTIFICATE HOLDER. An
individual who is listed on the State Fire Marshal's permit as the responsible managing owner,
partner, officer or employee who is actively in charge of the work of the certified fire protection
sprinkler contractor. (2) CERTIFIED FIRE PROTECTION SPRINKLER CONTRACTOR. Any fire protection
sprinkler contractor who has qualified and received a permit from the State Fire Marshal.
(3) FIRE PROTECTION SPRINKLER CONTRACTOR I. An individual, partnership, corporation, association,
or joint venture engaged in the business of layout, installation, repair, alteration, addition,
maintenance, or inspection of all fire protection sprinkler systems. This does not include
local building officials, fire inspectors, or insurance inspectors when acting in their official
capacity. (4) FIRE PROTECTION SPRINKLER CONTRACTOR II. An...
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35-8A-302
Section 35-8A-302 Powers of unit owners' association. (a) Except as provided in subsection
(b), and subject to the provisions of the declaration, the association may: (1) Adopt and
amend bylaws and rules and regulations; (2) Adopt and amend budgets for revenues, expenditures,
and reserves and impose and collect assessments for common expenses from unit owners; (3)
Hire and discharge managing agents and other employees, agents, and independent contractors;
(4) Institute, defend, or intervene in litigation or administrative proceedings in its own
name on behalf of itself or two or more unit owners on matters affecting the condominium;
(5) Make contracts and incur liabilities; (6) Regulate the use, maintenance, repair, replacement,
and modification of common elements; (7) Cause additional improvements to be made as a part
of the common elements; (8) Acquire, hold, encumber, and convey in its own name any right,
title, or interest to real or personal property, but interests in the common...
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5-19A-2
Section 5-19A-2 Definitions. The following words and phrases shall have the following meanings:
(1) APPROPRIATE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. The sheriff of each county in which the pawnbroker
maintains an office, or the police chief of the municipality in which the pawnbroker maintains
an office. (2) ATTORNEY GENERAL. The Attorney General of the State of Alabama. (3) PAWN TRANSACTION.
Any loan on the security of pledged goods or any purchase of pledged goods on condition that
the pledged goods are left with the pawnbroker and may be redeemed or repurchased by the seller
for a fixed price within a fixed period of time. A "pawn transaction" does not include
the pledge to, or the purchase by, a pawnbroker of real or personal property from a customer
followed by the sale or the leasing of that property back to the customer in the same or a
related transaction. (4) PAWNBROKER. Any person engaged in the business of lending money on
the security of pledged goods left in pawn, or in the business of...
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