5-19-32
Section 5-19-32 Service contracts. Any creditor who extends credit with respect to a consumer credit sale, may sell or finance, or both, a service contract covering tangible goods which are the subject of the consumer credit sale. Any other person who was not the creditor with regard to the initial sale of the tangible goods also may sell or finance, or both, a service contract covering the tangible goods. A "service contract" as used in this section is an agreement, for a separately stated consideration, of the service contract offeror to correct, repair, or replace, or to pay for the correction, repair, maintenance, or replacement of tangible goods during the period covered by the service contract, with or without additional provisions for payment of or indemnity under limited circumstances for related expenses including, without limitation, for towing, rental, and emergency road service, whether called a service contract, extended warranty or otherwise. The service contract offeror...
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27-14-1
Section 27-14-1 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) POLICY. A written contract of, or written agreement for, or effecting, insurance, by whatever name called, and includes all clauses, riders, endorsements, and papers attached, or issued, and delivered for attachment thereto and made a part thereof. (2) PREMIUM. The consideration for insurance, by whatever name called. Any "assessment" or any "membership," "policy," "survey," "inspection," "service," or similar fee or charge in consideration for an insurance contract is deemed part of the premium. (Acts 1971, No. 407, p. 707, ยง315.)...
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27-12-14
Section 27-12-14 Inducements as to property, casualty, or surety insurance. (a) No property, casualty, or surety insurer, or any employee thereof, and no broker, agent, or solicitor shall pay, allow, or give, or offer to pay, allow, or give, directly or indirectly, as an inducement to insurance or after insurance has been effected, any rebate, discount, abatement, credit, or reduction of the premium named in a policy of insurance, or any special favor or advantage in the dividends or other benefits to accrue thereon or any valuable consideration or inducement whatever not specified in the policy except to the extent provided for in rating systems filed with the commissioner by, or on behalf of, the insurer and approved by the commissioner. (b) No insured named in a policy nor any employee of such insured shall knowingly receive or accept, directly or indirectly, any such rebate, discount, abatement, credit, or reduction of premium. (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed as...
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5-19-20
Section 5-19-20 Insurance. (a) With respect to any consumer credit transaction, the creditor shall not require any insurance other than insurance against loss of or damage to any property in which the creditor is given a security interest and insurance insuring the lien of the creditor on the property which is collateral for the transaction. (b) (1) Credit life and disability and involuntary unemployment insurance may be offered and, if accepted, may be provided by the creditor. The charge to the debtor for the insurance shall not exceed the premium permitted for the coverages. Insurance with respect to any credit transaction shall not exceed the approximate amount and term of the credit. (2) This subdivision (2) applies to all consumer credit transactions entered into on or after June 19, 1996. If the consumer credit transaction is scheduled to be repaid in substantially equal installments which include a portion of the amount financed, the amount of credit life insurance at any time...
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27-15-78
Section 27-15-78 Calculations of adjusted premiums by the nonforfeiture net level premium method. (a) This section shall apply to all policies issued on or after the operative date of this section as defined herein. Except as provided in subsection (g), the adjusted premiums for any policy shall be calculated on an annual basis and shall be such uniform percentage of the respective premiums specified in the policy for each policy year, excluding extra premiums on a substandard policy and also excluding any uniform annual contract charge or policy fee specified in the policy in a statement of the method to be used in calculating the cash surrender values and paid-up nonforfeiture benefits, that the present value, at the date of issue of the policy, of all adjusted premiums shall be equal to the sum of: (1) The then present value of the future guaranteed benefits provided for by the policy. (2) One percent of either the amount of insurance, if the insurance be uniform in amount, or the...
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8-32-2
Section 8-32-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) ADMINISTRATOR. The person designated by a provider to be responsible for the administration of service contracts or the service contracts plan or to make the filings required by this chapter. (2) COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner of Insurance of this state. (3) CONSUMER. A natural person who buys, primarily for personal, family, or household purposes, and not for resale, any tangible personal property normally used for personal, family, or household purposes and not for commercial or research purposes. (4) MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT. A contract of limited duration that provides for scheduled maintenance only. (5) MANUFACTURER. A person that is one of the following: a. A manufacturer or producer of property that sells the property under its own name or label. b. A subsidiary of the person who manufactures or produces the property. c. A corporation which owns at least 80 percent of the...
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5-19-31
Section 5-19-31 Nonapplicability of chapter to certain transactions; certain laws not repealed or amended. (a) The provisions of this chapter, except the provisions of subdivision (1) of Section 5-19-1 and Section 5-19-3, shall not apply (i) to any consumer credit transaction or other transaction involving an interest in real property or the sale, lease, or mortgage of an interest in real property where the creditor is exempt from licensing under this chapter, (ii) where the credit transaction is not a consumer transaction, (iii) where the credit transaction is by a trust institution as defined in Section 5-12A-1(1), in its capacity as a fiduciary under any plan or agreement qualified under 26 U.S.C. 401(a) or defined by 5 U.S.C. 8437, 26 U.S.C. 403(b), or 26 U.S.C. 457, or a trust exempt under 26 U.S.C. 501, or (iv) to any municipal pension system created under the laws of the State of Alabama. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply where the credit transaction is a policy...
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8-37-2
Section 8-37-2 (Effective January 1, 2018) Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following words have the following meanings: (1) ADMINISTRATOR. A person, other than an insurer or creditor, that performs administrative or operational functions pursuant to guaranteed asset protection waiver programs. (2) BORROWER. A debtor, retail buyer or lessee, under a finance agreement. (3) CREDITOR means any of the following: a. The lender in a loan or credit transaction. b. The lessor in a lease transaction. c. Any retail seller of motor vehicles in a retail installment transaction. d. The seller in commercial retail installment transactions. e. The assignees of any of the foregoing to whom the credit or lease obligation is payable. (4) FINANCE AGREEMENT. A loan, lease, or retail installment sales contract for the purchase or lease of a motor vehicle. (5) FREE LOOK PERIOD. The period of time from the effective date of the GAP waiver until the date the borrower may cancel the GAP...
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27-1-17
Section 27-1-17 Limitation periods for payment of claims; overdue claims; retroactive denials, adjustments, etc.; penalties. (a) Each insurer, health service corporation, and health benefit plan that issues or renews any policy of accident or health insurance providing benefits for medical or hospital expenses for its insured persons shall pay for services rendered by Alabama health care providers within 45 calendar days upon receipt of a clean written claim or 30 calendar days upon receipt of a clean electronic claim. If the insurer, health service corporation, or health benefit plan is denying or pending the claim, the insurer, health service corporation, or health benefit plan shall, within 45 calendar days for a written claim and 30 calendar days for an electronic claim, notify the health care provider or certificate holder of the reason for denying or pending the claim and what, if any, additional information is required to process the claim. Any undisputed portion of the claim...
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27-15-28.1
Section 27-15-28.1 Standard nonforfeiture law for individual deferred annuities - Annuity contracts issued by election under this section until June 30, 2006. (a) This section shall be known as the standard nonforfeiture law for individual deferred annuities. (b) This section shall not apply to any reinsurance group annuity purchased under a retirement plan or plan of deferred compensation established or maintained by an employer (including a partnership or sole proprietorship) or by an employee organization, or by both, other than a plan providing individual retirement accounts or individual retirement annuities under Section 408 of the Internal Revenue Code, as now or hereafter amended, premium deposit fund, variable annuity, investment annuity, immediate annuity, any deferred annuity contract after annuity payments have commenced or reversionary annuity, nor to any contract which shall be delivered outside this state through an agent or other representative of the company issuing...
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