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27-13-22
Section 27-13-22 Applicability of article - Inland marine insurance. The provisions of this
section shall apply to all insurance which is now or hereafter defined by statute, by ruling
of the commissioner or by lawful custom as inland marine insurance, but this article shall
not apply to insurance of vessels or craft, their cargoes, marine builder's risks, marine
protection and indemnity, or other risks commonly insured under marine insurance policies:
(1) As to all classes of inland marine insurance for which class rates or rating plans are
customarily fixed by rating organizations or associations of underwriters, rates or rating
plans shall be filed by all authorized insurers writing such classes, with the department
in such manner and form as it shall direct, and also special rates fixed by any such rating
organization or association shall be similarly filed. All such rates shall be reasonable,
adequate and not unfairly discriminatory. Due consideration shall be given to past...
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27-14-11.1
Section 27-14-11.1 Contents of policies - Denial or reduction of benefits due to Medicaid eligibility
void. (a) For purposes of this section, "private insurer" is defined as any of the
following: (1) Any commercial insurance company offering health or casualty insurance to individuals
or groups, including both experience-rated contracts and indemnity contracts. (2) Any profit
or nonprofit prepaid plan offering either medical services or full or partial payment for
the diagnosis or treatment of an injury, disease, or disability. (3) Any organization administering
health or casualty insurance plans for professional associations, unions, fraternal groups,
employer-employee benefit plans, and any similar organization offering these payments or services,
including self-insured and self-funded plans. (4) Any health insurer, including group health
plans, as defined in Section 607(1) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
self-insured plans, service benefit plans, managed care...
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27-2-14
Section 27-2-14 Records, documents, and files - Custody; inspection; reproduction; destruction.
(a) The commissioner shall keep and preserve in permanent form accurate and complete records
of his proceedings, including also a concise statement of the result of such examination of
insurers by the commissioner, record and file all bonds and contracts and shall file such
records in the department. The commissioner is responsible for the custody and preservation
of all records, documents, and files of the department. (b) The records of the commissioner
and insurance filings in his office shall be open to public inspection, except as otherwise
provided by this title. (c) The commissioner may photograph, microphotograph, or reproduce
on film, whereby each page will be reproduced in exact conformity with the original, all financial
records, financial statements of domestic insurers, reports of business transacted in this
state by foreign insurers, reports of examination of domestic insurers,...
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27-27-10
Section 27-27-10 Solicitation permit - Bond or deposit in lieu thereof; waiver of same. (a)
Except as to proposed domestic insurers which are subject to the requirements of Section 27-27-16,
the commissioner shall not issue a solicitation permit until the applicant therefor has filed
with him a corporate surety bond in the penalty of $15,000.00 in favor of the State of Alabama
and for the use and benefit of the state and of proposed Alabama investors in and creditors
of the proposed organization. (b) The bond shall be conditioned upon the payment of costs
incurred by the state in event of any legal proceedings for liquidation or dissolution of
the proposed organization before completion of organization or in event a certificate of authority
is not granted and upon a full accounting for funds received until the proposed insurer has
been granted its certificate of authority or until the proposed corporation, syndicate, organization,
or financing has been completed as defined in the...
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27-27-12
Section 27-27-12 Deposit of solicitation permit funds in escrow - Requirement. (a) All funds
received in Alabama pursuant to a solicitation permit, other than advance premiums for insurance
which are subject to Section 27-27-18, shall, by the permit holder, be deposited and held
in escrow in a bank or trust company located in this state under an agreement approved by
the commissioner. (b) No part of such funds shall be withdrawn from such deposit, except:
(1) For the payment of promotion, sales, and organization expenses as authorized by the solicitation
permit, and funds for such purposes may be withheld from the deposit; (2) For the purpose
of making any deposit with the commissioner required for the issuance of a certificate of
authority to an insurer; (3) If the proposed organization is not to be an insurer, upon completion
of payments on securities subscriptions made under the solicitation permit and deposit or
appropriation of such funds to the purposes specified in the...
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27-29-10
Section 27-29-10 Violations and penalties; criminal proceedings. (a) Any insurer failing, without
just cause, to file any registration statement as required in this chapter shall be required,
after notice and hearing, to pay a penalty of up to one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each
day's delay, to be recovered by the commissioner and the penalty so recovered shall be paid
into the state General Fund. The maximum penalty under this section is fifty thousand dollars
($50,000). The commissioner may reduce the penalty if the commissioner, in the commissioner's
sole discretion, determines it is equitable to do so or the insurer demonstrates to the commissioner
that the imposition of the penalty would constitute a financial hardship to the insurer. (b)
Every director or officer of an insurance holding company system who knowingly violates, participates
in, or permits any of the officers or agents of the insurer to engage in transactions or make
investments that have not been properly...
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27-40-3
Section 27-40-3 Licenses - Required; fees; information to be furnished commissioner. (a) No
person shall engage in the business of financing insurance premiums in this state without
first having obtained a license as a premium finance company from the commissioner. Any person
who shall engage in the business of financing insurance premiums in this state without first
having obtained a license as provided herein shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction
shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000.00 or by imprisonment for not more than
one year, or both. (b) The annual license fee shall be $200.00; provided, that an insurance
agency which finances its own business of less than $150,000.00 in premiums annually shall
pay a fee of $50.00. The fee for said license shall be paid into the Insurance Department
Examination Revolving Fund and the same is hereby appropriated for that use. (c) The person
to whom the license or the renewal thereof may be issued shall file sworn...
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27-41-2
Section 27-41-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the respective
meanings herein set forth, unless the context shall otherwise require: (1) ALABAMA INSURANCE
CODE. Title 27 of this code. (2) INSURER. The term shall have the meaning ascribed in Section
27-1-2 and shall include health maintenance organizations. (3) PERSON. The term shall have
the meaning ascribed in Section 27-1-2. (4) COMMISSIONER and DEPARTMENT. The terms, respectively,
shall have the meanings ascribed in Section 27-1-2. (5) INVESTMENT. Any asset owned by an
insurer. (6) ELIGIBLE INVESTMENT. Any investment permitted by Sections 27-41-7 to 27-41-35,
inclusive, provided the investment meets all the other requirements of this chapter. (7) DOMESTIC
INSURER, FOREIGN INSURER, and ALIEN INSURER. The terms shall have the meanings ascribed in
Section 27-1-2 and shall include health maintenance organizations. (8) ADMITTED ASSET. Any
asset of an insurer permitted by the Commissioner of Insurance...
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27-54-6
Section 27-54-6 Cost report. Every issuer of a group health benefit plan subject to this chapter
shall provide a cost report for each calendar year to the Commissioner of Insurance no later
than April 30th of the following year. The report shall be in a form prescribed by the commissioner
and shall include certification of parity in mental health benefits and total annual costs
of mental health services relative to total health costs. The commissioner shall compile this
data for all health benefit plans in an annual report solely for the purpose of demonstrating
the health cost impact of the requirements of this chapter. (Act 2000-386, p. 605, ยง7.)...
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27-7-35.1
Section 27-7-35.1 Payment of commission, etc., to person not licensed. (a) An insurance company
or insurance producer shall not pay a commission, service fee, brokerage, or other valuable
consideration to a person for selling, soliciting, or negotiating insurance in this state
if that person is required to be licensed under this chapter and is not so licensed. (b) A
person shall not accept a commission, service fee, brokerage, or other valuable consideration
for selling, soliciting, or negotiating insurance in this state if that person is required
to be licensed under this chapter and is not so licensed. (c) Renewal or other deferred commissions
may be paid to a person for selling, soliciting, or negotiating insurance in this state if
the person was required to be licensed under this chapter at the time of the sale, solicitation,
or negotiation and was so licensed at that time. (d) An insurer or insurance producer may
pay or assign commissions, service fees, brokerages, or other...
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