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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27-27-16
Section 27-27-16 Domestic mutual insurers - Bond or deposit in lieu thereof. (a) Before soliciting
any applications for insurance required under Section 27-27-15, as qualification for the original
certificate of authority, the incorporators of the proposed mutual insurer shall file with
the commissioner 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 applicant members and creditors
of the corporation. The bond shall be conditioned as follows: (1) Upon payment of any loss
suffered by applicants who have cancelled or lapsed existing insurance policies due to misrepresentation
by the incorporators or by persons soliciting such applications under authorization by the
corporation, to the effect that the making of such application for insurance and prepayment
of premiums in such proposed insurer provides insurance protection prior to issuance of a
certificate of authority to such insurer by the...
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27-30-6.1
Section 27-30-6.1 Authority to increase paid-in capital stock and paid-in surplus; contracts
or policies on any one life and accidental death benefits. (a) All mutual aid associations
which have held valid certificates of authority under Sections 27-30-1 through 27-30-33 for
a period of five years prior to June 8, 1984, are hereby authorized to increase the paid-in
capital stock and paid-in surplus of the association. Any association maintaining a minimum
surplus of $100,000.00 is authorized to provide contracts or policies on any one life not
to exceed five percent of the capital of such association, and to provide accidental death
benefits on any one life so insured not to exceed the amount of life insurance provided. (b)
The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall additionally apply to all mutual aid
associations, after said associations have completed five years of operations and are in compliance
with the Insurance Code of Alabama. (Acts 1984, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 84-729,...
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27-4-2
Section 27-4-2 Advance fees, licenses, and miscellaneous charges. (a) The Commissioner of Insurance
shall collect in advance fees, licenses, and miscellaneous charges as follows: (1) Certificate
of authority: a. Initial application for original certificate of authority, including the
filing with the commissioner of all documents incidental thereto ..... $500 b. Issuance of
original certificate of authority ..... 500 c. Annual continuation or renewal fee ..... 500
d. Reinstatement fee ..... 500 (2) Charter documents, filing with the commissioner amendment
to articles of incorporation or of association, or of other charter documents or to bylaws
..... 25 (3) Solicitation permit, filing application and issuance ..... 250 (4) Annual statement
of insurer, except when filed as part of application for original certificate of authority,
filing ..... 25 (5) Producer license (resident or nonresident): a. Individuals: 1. Application
fee (For filing of initial application for license) ..... 30 2....
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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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27-3-4
Section 27-3-4 Authority to transact insurance - Eligibility. To qualify for and hold authority
to transact insurance in this state, an insurer must be otherwise in compliance with this
title and with its charter powers and must be an incorporated stock insurer or an incorporated
mutual insurer or a reciprocal insurer, all of the same general type as may be formed as a
domestic insurer under this title; except that: (1) No foreign insurer shall be authorized
to transact insurance in this state which does not maintain reserves as required by Chapter
36 of this title applicable to the kind, or kinds, of insurance transacted by such insurer,
wherever transacted in the United States, or which transacts insurance in the United States
on the assessment premium plan, stipulated premium plan, cooperative plan, or any similar
plan; (2) Any foreign insurer which has transacted insurance as an authorized insurer in its
state or country of domicile for less than five years shall not be authorized...
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27-12-10
Section 27-12-10 Financial inducements to purchase insurance. (a) No person shall issue or
deliver, or permit its agents, officers, or employees to issue or deliver, agency company
stock or other capital stock, or benefit certificates or shares in any common-law corporation,
or securities, or any special or advisory board contract or other contract of any kind promising
returns and profits as an inducement to insurance. The commissioner shall refuse to issue
a certificate of authority or license to any insurer or other person that is in violation
of this section and shall revoke the certificate of authority or license of any such violating
insurer or person if such authority or license is already outstanding. (b) No person shall
issue or deliver, or permit its agents, officers, or employees to issue or deliver, in this
state, any life insurance policy or contract of annuity in which are used such words as "investment
plan," "expansion plan," "profit-sharing," "charter plan,"
"founders'...
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27-27-41
Section 27-27-41 Deficiencies in stock insurer's capital or assets of mutual insurers - Generally.
(a) If a stock insurer's capital, as represented by the aggregated par value of its outstanding
capital stock, becomes impaired or the assets of a mutual insurer are less than its liabilities
and the minimum amount of surplus required to be maintained by it under Sections 27-27-15
or 27-27-20 for authority to transact the kinds of insurance being transacted, the commissioner
shall, at once, determine the amount of deficiency and serve notice upon the insurer to make
good the deficiency within 60 days after service of such notice. (b) The deficiency may be
made good in cash or in assets eligible for the investment of the insurer's funds, or, if
a stock insurer, by reduction of the insurer's capital to an amount not below the minimum
required for the kinds of insurance thereafter to be transacted or, if a mutual insurer, by
amendment of its certificate of authority to cover only such kind...
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27-27-14
Section 27-27-14 Solicitation permit for subsequent financing. (a) No insurer, or insurance
holding corporation, or stock corporation for financing operations of a mutual insurer, or
attorney-in-fact corporation, or a reciprocal insurer, or any other type of organization existing
for the same purpose, after: (1) It has received a certificate of authority, if an insurer,
in this or any other state; or (2) It has completed its initial organization and financing,
if a corporation, syndicate, or other organization other than an insurer, shall in this state
solicit or receive funds in exchange for its securities, other than when combining and selling,
for the account of its stockholders entitled thereto, fractional shares to which they become
entitled through a stock dividend to existing stockholders until it has applied to the commissioner
for, and has been granted, a solicitation permit. (b) The commissioner shall issue such a
permit unless he finds: (1) That the funds proposed to be...
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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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