27-12A-23
Section 27-12A-23 Confidentiality. (a) Documents and evidence provided pursuant to Section 27-12A-21 or obtained by the department in an investigation of suspected or actual insurance fraud shall be privileged and confidential, shall not be a public record, and shall not be subject to discovery or subpoena in a civil or criminal action. (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the department may release documents and evidence obtained by the unit in an investigation of suspected or actual insurance fraud pursuant to any of the following: (1) Administrative or judicial bodies hearing proceedings to enforce laws administered by the department. (2) Federal, state, or local law enforcement or regulatory agencies, including, but not limited to, the Attorney General and the Chief Examiner of Public Accounts; the NICB; or the NAIC. (3) At the discretion of the commissioner, a person in the transaction of the business of insurance that is aggrieved by the insurance fraud. (c) Release of documents...
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27-21A-4
Section 27-21A-4 Powers of health maintenance organizations. (a) The powers of a health maintenance organization include, but are not limited to the following: (1) The purchase, lease, construction, renovation, operation, or maintenance of hospitals, medical facilities, or both, and their ancillary equipment; (2) The making of loans other than in the ordinary course of business, to providers under contract with it in furtherance of its program or the making of loans to a corporation or corporations in which it owns a majority interest for the purpose of acquiring or constructing medical facilities and hospitals or in furtherance of a program providing health care services to enrollees. (3) The furnishing of health care services through providers which are under contract with or employed by the health maintenance organization. (4) The contracting with any person for the performance on its behalf of certain functions such as marketing, enrollment, and administration. (5) The purchase,...
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27-29-1
Section 27-29-1 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, unless otherwise stated, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) AFFILIATE. The term shall include an affiliate of, or person affiliated with, a specific person, and shall mean a person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, the person specified. (2) COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner of Insurance, his or her deputies, or the Insurance Department as appropriate. (3) CONTROL. The term shall include controlling, controlled by, or under common control with and shall mean the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract other than a commercial contract for goods or nonmanagement services, or otherwise, unless the power is the result of an official...
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27-4A-2
Section 27-4A-2 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter only, the following terms, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, shall have the meanings: (1) ANNUITY CONSIDERATIONS. All sums received as consideration for annuity contracts. (2) COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner of Insurance of the State of Alabama. (3) DEPARTMENT. The Department of Insurance of the State of Alabama. (4) DOMESTIC INSURER. Any insurer organized under the laws of the State of Alabama which maintains its principal office and chief place of business in the State of Alabama. (5) FOREIGN INSURER. Any insurer organized under the laws of any country or of any state of the United States other than the State of Alabama and any insurer organized under the laws of Alabama which maintains its principal office or chief place of business outside the State of Alabama. (6) INSURER. Every insurer as defined in Section 27-1-2, and every other insurance company or association charging a premium for contracts entered...
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27-7-5.1
Section 27-7-5.1 Licenses - Limited license for motor vehicle rental companies. (a) As used in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) RENTAL AGREEMENT. Any written agreement setting forth the terms and conditions governing the use of a vehicle provided by the rental company for rental or lease. (2) RENTAL COMPANY. Any person or entity in the business of providing rental vehicles to the public under a rental agreement for a period not to exceed 90 days. (3) RENTAL PERIOD. The term of the rental agreement. (4) RENTER. Any person obtaining the use of a vehicle from a rental company under the terms of a rental agreement for a period not to exceed 90 days. (5) VEHICLE OR RENTAL VEHICLE. A motor vehicle of the private passenger type (including passenger vans, minivans, and sport utility vehicles) and of the cargo type (including cargo vans, pickup trucks, and trucks with gross vehicle weight of less than 26,000 pounds, which do not require the operator to...
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27-9A-12
Section 27-9A-12 License denial, non-renewal, or revocation. (a) The commissioner may place on probation, suspend, revoke, or refuse to issue or renew an independent adjuster's license, an apprentice independent adjuster's license, or the registration of an emergency independent adjuster, or may levy a civil penalty in accordance with subsection (d), or any combination of these actions, for any one or more of the following causes: (1) Providing incorrect, misleading, incomplete, or materially untrue information in the license application. (2) Violating any insurance laws, rules, subpoena, or order of the commissioner or of another state's insurance regulator. (3) Obtaining or attempting to obtain a license or registration through misrepresentation or fraud. (4) Improperly withholding, misappropriating, or converting any monies or properties received in the course of acting as an adjuster of any type or in otherwise doing insurance business in this state or elsewhere. (5) Intentionally...
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34-27-50
Section 34-27-50 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the meaning respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) ACCOMMODATIONS. Any hotel or motel room, condominium, or cooperative unit, cabin, lodge, apartment, or any other private or commercial structure designed for occupancy by one or more individuals or any recreational vehicle campsite or campground. (2) BUSINESS ENTITY. Any individual, corporation, firm, association, joint venture, partnership, trust, estate, business trust, syndicate, fiduciary, and any other group or combination which engages in acts or practices in any trade or commerce. (3) CONTRACT. Any contract, promissory note, credit agreement, negotiable instrument, lease, use agreement, license, security, or other muniment conferring on the purchaser the rights, benefits, and obligations of a vacation time-sharing plan. (4) COMMISSION. The Alabama Real Estate Commission. (5) COMMISSIONER. A member of the Alabama Real Estate...
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22-22A-3
Section 22-22A-3 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases, unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context or by legislation governing functions transferred by this chapter, shall have the following meanings: (1) DEPARTMENT. The Alabama Department of Environmental Management, established by this chapter. (2) DIRECTOR. The director of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management. (3) DIVISION. A subdivision of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management, which may be headed by a division chief. Such divisions may be divided into sections where appropriate. (4) ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION. The Environmental Management Commission of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management. (5) FUNCTION(S). A duty, power or program exercised by or assigned to a commission, board or the State Health Department, including all positions and personnel relating to the performance of such function, unless otherwise provided by...
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27-27-7
Section 27-27-7 Solicitation permit - Issuance; contents; compliance with terms. (a) Upon the filing of any bond required by Sections 27-27-10 or 27-27-16, after notice by the commissioner provided for in subsection (a) of Section 27-27-6, or upon his decision to grant a solicitation permit if such a bond is not so required, the commissioner shall issue to the applicant or to the newly formed corporation, if the application is on behalf of a newly formed incorporated domestic insurer, a solicitation permit. Every solicitation permit issued by the commissioner shall contain provisions in substance as follows: (1) State the securities or other rights or interests for which subscriptions are to be solicited, the number, classes, par value, and selling price thereof, or identify the insurance contract, or contracts, for which applications and advance premiums or deposits of premium are to be solicited in the case of mutual or reciprocal insurers; (2) Require that any particular class of...
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27-44-5
Section 27-44-5 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) ACCOUNT. Either of the three accounts created under Section 27-44-6. (2) ASSOCIATION. The Alabama Life and Disability Insurance Guaranty Association created under Section 27-44-6. (3) AUTHORIZED ASSESSMENT or the term AUTHORIZED when used in the context of assessments. A resolution by the board of directors has been passed whereby an assessment will be called immediately or in the future from member insurers for a specified amount. An assessment is authorized when the resolution is passed. (4) BENEFIT PLAN. A specific employee, union, or association of natural persons benefit plan. (5) CALLED ASSESSMENT or the term CALLED when used in the context of assessments. A notice that has been issued by the association to member insurers requiring that an authorized assessment be paid within the time frame set forth within...
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