27-41-36
Section 27-41-36 Prohibited investments; underwriting, etc., of offerings of securities or property. (a) After January 1, 1978, an insurer shall not invest in nor lend its funds upon the security of any note or other evidence of indebtedness of any director, officer, or controlling stockholder of the insurer, except as to policy loans authorized under Section 27-41-25 and except as provided in Sections 27-1-2, 27-27-26, and 27-37-2 of the Alabama Insurance Code. (b) No insurer shall underwrite or participate in the underwriting of an offering of securities or property by any other person; provided, that nothing in this subsection shall prevent an insurer from purchasing securities or property directly from any person so long as the purchase is made for investment purposes and not for the purpose of resale through public distribution. (Acts 1977, No. 408, p. 530, ยง39.)...
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11-50A-8
Section 11-50A-8 Powers of the authority. In addition to other powers granted the authority by this chapter, it shall have all powers consistent with the purposes of the authority as set forth in Section 11-50A-3, which are necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this chapter, including, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the following enumerated powers, which shall be exercised by the authority consistently with the provisions of Section 11-50A-3: (1) To sue and be sued and to prosecute and defend in any court having jurisdiction of the subject matter and of the parties thereto; (2) To adopt and alter a corporate seal; (3) To make and alter at pleasure all needful bylaws, rules, and regulations for the transaction of its business and the control of its property and affairs; (4) To have the same right of eminent domain through condemnation conferred by Section 10-5-1, or any subsequent statute of similar import; provided...
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27-41-30
Section 27-41-30 Particular investments - Loans, notes, etc., secured by mortgages and leases on real property. An insurer may invest in loans, notes, bonds, or other evidences of indebtedness of any person up to the fair value of real property securing said indebtedness, upon compliance with the following conditions and provisions: (1) The indebtedness must be secured by a first mortgage lien on real property having a fair value of not less than the principal amount of the loan, except as provided in subdivision (8) of this section; (2) The indebtedness must be additionally secured by a lease on said real property, which lease must be assigned and transferred by the lessor to the lender or to a trustee of the lender under a trust instrument; (3) The lease so assigned as additional security must be noncancellable and may be terminated only upon such conditions as are generally provided in commercial leases, such as, for example, destruction by fire, tornado, or similar hazard or...
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27-27-26
Section 27-27-26 Pecuniary interests of officers, etc., of domestic insurers. (a) No officer or director of a domestic insurer, and no member of any committee or employee of a domestic insurer who is charged with the duty of investing or handling the funds of the insurer, shall do any of the following: (1) Deposit or invest the funds except in the corporate name of the insurer; except, that the insurer may for its convenience hold any equity investment in a street name or in the name of a nominee. (2) Borrow the funds of the insurer. (3) Be pecuniarily interested in any loan, pledge or deposit, security, investment, sale, purchase, exchange, reinsurance, or other similar transaction or property of the insurer except as follows: a. As a stockholder or member of the insurer. b. As a holder or owner of common stock or equity-like preferred stock in any corporation or business entity trading on a national or international stock exchange. c. As a holder or owner of shares of mutual funds,...
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27-41-34
Section 27-41-34 Particular investments - Real estate. (a)(1) An insurer may acquire, invest in, own, maintain, alter, furnish, and improve the following real estate: a. Land and buildings used for home office and branch office purposes, together with such other real estate as is required for the convenient transaction of its business; and b. Funeral home buildings used in the servicing of burial insurance policies. (2) An insurer may lease to others part of the real property otherwise occupied by it for home office and other purposes under paragraphs a. and b. of subdivision (1) of this subsection, except that the value of the parts so leased must be included in subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of this section. (3) Except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, an insurer may not carry, as an admitted asset, real estate acquired under this subsection following 10 years from the date when such real estate ceases to be necessary for the convenient accommodation of the insurer in...
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27-55-3
Section 27-55-3 Prohibited practices; disclosure of information. (a) No insurer may: (1) Deny, refuse to issue, renew, or reissue, cancel, or otherwise terminate, restrict, or exclude coverage on an insurance policy or health benefit plan on the basis of an applicant's or insured's abuse status, or on the basis of any association, relationship, or assistance to a subject of abuse. (2) Exclude or limit coverage for a loss, deny benefits, or deny a claim on the basis of the insured's abuse status, or on the basis of any association, relationship, or assistance to a subject of abuse, except as otherwise permitted or required by the laws of this state relating to acts of abuse committed by a life insurance beneficiary. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this section, a liability insurer may include policy provisions providing that a payment required by this subsection may be denied or, if paid, recovered by the insurer from the insured, if the claim arose out of an act of abuse by...
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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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27-42-5
Section 27-42-5 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) ACCOUNT. Any one of the three accounts created by Section 27-42-6. (2) AFFILIATE. A person who directly, or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with another person on December 31 of the year immediately preceding the date the insurer becomes an insolvent insurer. (3) ASSOCIATION. The Alabama Insurance Guaranty Association created under Section 27-42-6. (4) CLAIMANT. Any insured making a first party claim or any person instituting a liability claim. The term does not include a person who is an affiliate of an insolvent insurer. (5) COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner of Insurance of the State of Alabama. (6) CONTROL. The possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a person, whether...
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11-92A-12
Section 11-92A-12 Powers of authority. An authority shall have the following powers, which it may exercise in any county within such authority's authorized operational area: (1) To have succession by its corporate name until dissolved as provided in this chapter; (2) To institute and defend legal proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction and proper venue; provided, however, that an authority may not be sued in any trial court other than the courts of a county within the authorized operational area of the authority; provided, further, that the officers, directors, agents, and employees of an authority may not be sued for their actions in behalf of the authority except for actions that are known by such person to be unlawful or are performed with reckless disregard for the lawfulness of such actions; (3) To have and to use a corporate seal and to alter the seal at its pleasure; (4) To establish a fiscal year; (5) To anticipate by the issuance of its bonds the receipt of any...
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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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