27-34-7
Section 27-34-7 License - Foreign or alien societies - Application; qualifications. (a) No foreign or alien society shall transact business in this state without a license issued by the commissioner. Any such society may be licensed to transact business in this state upon filing with the commissioner: (1) A duly certified copy of its charter or articles of incorporation; (2) A copy of its constitution and laws, certified by its secretary or corresponding officer; (3) A power of attorney to the commissioner as prescribed in Section 27-34-47; (4) A statement of its business under oath of its president and secretary, or corresponding officers, in a form prescribed by the commissioner, duly verified by an examination made by the supervising insurance official of its home state or other state, territory, province, or country satisfactory to the commissioner; (5) A certificate from the proper official of its home state, territory, province, or country that the society is legally incorporated...
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27-3-17
Section 27-3-17 Application for certificate of authority - Filing. To apply for an original certificate of authority an insurer shall file with the commissioner its application therefor, accompanied by the applicable fees as specified in Section 27-4-2, showing its name, location of its home office or, if an alien insurer, principal office in the United States, kinds of insurance to be transacted, state or country of domicile and such additional information as the commissioner may reasonably require, together with the following documents, as applicable: (1) A copy of its corporate charter, articles of incorporation or other charter documents with all amendments thereto, certified by the public officer with whom the originals are on file in the state or country of domicile; (2) If a mutual insurer, a copy of its bylaws, as amended, certified by its secretary or other officer having custody thereof; (3) If a foreign reciprocal insurer, copies of the power of attorney of its...
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27-34-40
Section 27-34-40 Examinations - Foreign and alien societies. The commissioner, or any person whom he may appoint, may examine any foreign or alien society transacting, or applying for admission to transact, business in this state. He may employ assistants and he, or any person he may appoint, shall have free access to all books, papers, and documents that relate to the business of the society. He may, in his discretion, accept, in lieu of such examination, the examination of the insurance department of the state, territory, district, province, or country where such society is organized. The compensation and actual expenses of the examiners making any examination or general or special valuation shall be paid by the society examined or by the society whose certificate obligations have been valued, upon statements furnished by the commissioner. (Acts 1911, No. 476, p. 700; Acts 1971, No. 407, p. 707, §712.)...
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27-34-17
Section 27-34-17 Amendment of articles of incorporation, constitution, or laws. (a) A domestic society may amend its articles of incorporation, constitution, or laws in accordance with the provisions thereof by action of its supreme legislative or governing body at any regular or special meeting thereof or, if its articles of incorporation, constitution, or laws so provide, by referendum. Such referendum may be held in accordance with the provisions of its articles of incorporation, constitution, or laws by the vote of the voting members of the society, by the vote of delegates or representatives of voting members, or by the vote of local lodges or branches. No amendment submitted for adoption by referendum shall be adopted unless, within six months from the date of submission thereof, a majority of all of the voting members of the society shall have signified their consent to such amendment by one of the methods specified in this subsection. (b) No amendment to the articles of...
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27-1-2
Section 27-1-2 Definitions. For the purposes of this title, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section. (1) INSURANCE. A contract whereby one undertakes to indemnify another or pay or provide a specified amount or benefit upon determinable contingencies. (2) INSURER. Every person engaged as indemnitor, surety, or contractor in the business of entering into contracts of insurance. (3) PERSON. An individual, insurer, company, association, organization, Lloyd's insurer, society, reciprocal insurer or interinsurance exchange, partnership, syndicate, business trust, corporation, and every legal entity. (4) COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner of Insurance of this state. (5) DEPARTMENT. The Department of Insurance of this state. (6) DOMESTIC INSURER. One formed under the laws of this state. (7) FOREIGN INSURER. One formed under the laws of any jurisdiction other than this state. Except where distinguished by context, "foreign" insurers includes also...
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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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34-27-32
Section 34-27-32 Requirements for license; application; place of business; branch offices; multiple brokers; fees. (a) A license for a broker or a salesperson shall be registered to a specific real estate office and shall be issued only to, and held only by, a person who meets all of the following requirements: (1) Is trustworthy and competent to transact the business of a broker or salesperson in a manner that safeguards the interest of the public. (2) Is a person whose application for real estate licensure has not been rejected in any state on any grounds other than failure to pass a written examination within the two years prior to the application for real estate licensure with Alabama. If the applicant's rejection for real estate licensure in any state is more than two years from the date of application for licensure with Alabama, then the applicant may not be issued an Alabama real estate license without the approval of the commissioners. (3) Is a person whose real estate license...
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27-34-8
Section 27-34-8 License - Foreign or alien societies - Suspension, revocation, or refusal. (a) When the commissioner upon investigation finds that a foreign or alien society transacting or applying to transact business in this state: (1) Has exceeded its powers; (2) Has failed to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter; (3) Is not fulfilling its contracts in good faith; or (4) Is conducting its business fraudulently or in a manner hazardous to its members or creditors or the public, he shall notify the society of his findings, state in writing the reasons for his dissatisfaction and require the society to show cause on a date named why its license should not be suspended, revoked, or refused. If on such date the society does not show good and sufficient cause why its authority to do business in this state should not be suspended, revoked, or refused, he may suspend or refuse the license of the society to do business in this state, until satisfactory evidence is furnished to...
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27-34-32
Section 27-34-32 Accident or health and total or permanent disability insurance contracts. (a) No domestic, foreign, or alien society authorized to do business in this state shall issue or deliver in this state any certificate or other evidence of any contract of accident insurance or health insurance or of any total and permanent disability insurance contract unless and until the form thereof, together with the form of application and all riders or endorsements for use in connection therewith, shall have been filed with the commissioner. (b) The commissioner shall have power, from time to time, to make, alter, and supersede reasonable regulations prescribing the required, optional, and prohibited provisions in such contracts, and such regulations shall conform, as far as practicable, to the provisions of Chapter 19 of this title. Where the commissioner deems inapplicable, either in part or in their entirety, the provisions of Chapter 19 of this title, he may prescribe the portions, or...
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31-13-3
Section 31-13-3 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) ALIEN. Any person who is not a citizen or national of the United States, as described in 8 U.S.C. § 1101, et seq., and any amendments thereto. (2) BUSINESS ENTITY. Any person or group of persons employing one or more persons performing or engaging in any activity, enterprise, profession, or occupation for gain, benefit, advantage, or livelihood, whether for profit or not for profit. Business entity shall include, but not be limited to, the following: a. Self-employed individuals, business entities filing articles of incorporation, partnerships, limited partnerships, limited liability companies, foreign corporations, foreign limited partnerships, foreign limited liability companies authorized to transact business in this state, business trusts, and any business entity that registers with the Secretary of State. b. Any business entity that possesses a business...
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