25-5-8
Section 25-5-8 Employers' options to secure payment of compensation. (a) Option to insure risks. An employer subject to this chapter may secure the payment of compensation under this chapter by insuring and keeping insured his or her liability in some insurance corporation, association, organization, insurance association, corporation, or association formed of employers and workers or formed by a group of employers to insure the risks under this chapter, operating by mutual assessment or other plans or otherwise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the insurance association, organization, or corporation shall have first had its contract and plan of business approved in writing by the Commissioner of the Department of Insurance of Alabama and have been authorized by the Department of Insurance to transact the business of workers' compensation insurance in this state and under the plan. Notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the contrary, the obligations of employers under law for...
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27-42-8
Section 27-42-8 Powers and duties. (a) The association shall: (1)a. Be obligated to pay covered claims existing prior to the order of liquidation arising within 30 days after the order of liquidation, or before the policy expiration date if less than 30 days after the order of liquidation, or before the insured replaces the policy or causes its cancellation, if he or she does so within 30 days of the order of liquidation. The obligation shall be satisfied by paying to the claimant an amount as follows: 1. The full amount of a covered claim for benefits under workers' compensation insurance coverage. 2. An amount not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per policy for a covered claim for the return of unearned premium. 3. An amount not exceeding three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) or the policy limits, whichever is less, per claim for all covered claims. For purposes of this limitation, all claims of any kind whatsoever arising out of, or related to, bodily injury or death to...
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36-27-6
Section 36-27-6 Participation of employees of counties, cities, towns, public or quasi-public organizations, etc. - Generally. (a) The governing board of any county, city, town or public or quasi-public organization of the state or of any political subdivision thereof or the Alabama Extension Service and Agricultural Experiment Station System of Auburn University may, by resolution legally adopted to conform to rules prescribed by the Board of Control, elect to have its officers and employees from whatever sources and in whatever manner paid become eligible to participate in the retirement system; and the Adjutant General of the state, with the approval of the Governor, may, by application properly prepared and submitted in conformity with rules prescribed by the Board of Control, elect to have those employees of the Alabama National Guard employed pursuant to 32 U.S.C.A., Section 709, and paid from federally appropriated funds, become eligible to participate in this retirement system....
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27-34-22
Section 27-34-22 Members - Payment of equitable part of deficiency. A society shall provide in its constitution or laws that if its reserves as to all or any class of certificates become impaired, its board of directors, or corresponding body, may require that there shall be paid by the member of the society the amount of the member's equitable proportion of such deficiency as ascertained by its board and that, if the payment is not made, it shall stand as an indebtedness against the member's certificate and draw interest not to exceed five percent per annum, compounded annually. (Acts 1911, No. 476, p. 700; Acts 1971, No. 407, p. 707, §693.)...
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27-19-38
Section 27-19-38 Coverage of newly born children in health insurance policies. (a) All individual and group health insurance policies providing coverage on an expense-incurred basis and individual and group service or indemnity type contracts issued by a nonprofit service corporation which provide coverage for a family member of the insured or subscriber shall, as to such family members' coverage, also provide that the health insurance benefits applicable for children shall be payable with respect to a newly born child of the insured or subscriber from the moment of birth. (b) The coverage for newly born children shall consist of coverage of injury or sickness including the necessary care and treatment of medically diagnosed congenital defects and birth abnormalities, but need not include benefits for routine well-baby care. (c) The requirements of this section shall apply to all insurance policies and subscriber contracts renewed, delivered, or issued for delivery in this state, 60...
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27-20-7
Section 27-20-7 Blanket disability insurance - Payment of benefits. All benefits under any blanket disability policy shall be payable to the person insured, or to his employer, or to his designated beneficiary or beneficiaries or to his estate; except, that if the person insured be a minor or mental incompetent, such benefits may be made payable to his parent, guardian, or other person actually supporting him, or, if the entire cost of the insurance has been borne by the employer, such benefits may be made payable to the employer; provided, however, that the policy may provide that all, or any portion, of any indemnities provided by such policy on account of hospital, nursing, medical, or surgical services may, at the insurer's option, be paid directly to the hospital or person rendering such services; but the policy may not require that the service be rendered by a particular hospital or person. Payment so made shall discharge the insurer's obligation with respect to the amount of...
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27-20-2
Section 27-20-2 Group disability insurance - Mandatory policy provisions. Each such group disability insurance policy shall contain in substance the following provisions: (1) A provision that, in the absence of fraud, all statements made by applicants, or the policyholders or by an insured person shall be deemed representations and not warranties and that no statement made for the purpose of effecting insurance shall void such insurance or reduce benefits unless contained in a written instrument signed by the policyholder or the insured person, a copy of which has been furnished to such policyholder or to such person or his beneficiary; (2) A provision that the insurer will furnish to the policyholder for delivery to each employee, or member of the insured group, a statement in summary form of the essential features of the insurance coverage of such employee or member and to whom benefits thereunder are payable. If dependents are included in the coverage, only one certificate need be...
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27-34-21
Section 27-34-21 Members - Qualifications for membership. (a) A society may admit to benefit membership any person not less than 15 years of age, nearest birthday, who has furnished evidence of insurability acceptable to the society. Any such member who shall apply for additional benefits more than six months after becoming a benefit member shall furnish additional evidence of insurability acceptable to the society. (b) Any person admitted prior to attaining the full age of 19 years shall be bound by the terms of the application and certificate and by all the laws and rules of the society and shall be entitled to all the rights and privileges of membership therein to the same extent as though the age of majority had been attained at the time of application. A society may also admit general or social members who shall have no voice or vote in the management of its insurance affairs. (Acts 1911, No. 476, p. 700; Acts 1931, No. 55, p. 71; Acts 1971, No. 407, p. 707, §692.)...
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27-19-103
Section 27-19-103 Definitions. Unless the context requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this article. (1) APPLICANT. In the case of: a. An individual long-term care insurance policy, the person who seeks to contract for benefits. b. A group long-term care insurance policy, the proposed certificate holder. (2) CERTIFICATE. Any certificate issued under a group long-term care insurance policy, which policy has been delivered or issued for delivery in this state. (3) COMMISSIONER. The Alabama Commissioner of Insurance. (4) GROUP LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE. A long-term care insurance policy which is delivered or issued for delivery in this state and issued to any of the following: a. One or more employers or labor organizations, or to a trust or to the trustees of a fund established by one or more employers or labor organizations, or a combination thereof, for employees or former employees or a combination thereof, or for members or former members or a...
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27-34-12
Section 27-34-12 Preliminary certificate - Initial solicitations and qualifications. Upon receipt of a preliminary certificate from the commissioner, the society may solicit members for the purpose of completing its organization, shall collect from each applicant the amount of not less than one regular monthly premium in accordance with its table of rates as provided by its constitution and laws and shall issue to each such applicant a receipt for the amount so collected. No society shall incur any liability other than for the return of such advance premium, nor issue any certificate, nor pay, allow, or offer or promise to pay or allow any death or disability benefit to any person until: (1) Actual bona fide applications for death benefits have been secured aggregating at least $500,000.00 on not less than 500 lives; (2) All such applicants for death benefits shall have furnished evidence of insurability satisfactory to the society; (3) Certificates of examinations or acceptable...
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