27-19-56
Section 27-19-56 Outline of coverage; disclosure of information. (a) In order to provide for full and fair disclosure in the sale of Medicare supplement policies, no Medicare supplement policy shall be delivered or issued for delivery in this state and no certificate shall be delivered pursuant to a group Medicare supplement policy delivered or issued for delivery in this state unless an outline of coverage is delivered to the applicant at the time application is made. (b) The commissioner shall prescribe the format and content of the outline of coverage required by subsection (a) of this section. For purposes of this section, "format" means style, arrangements, and overall appearance, including, but not limited to, the size, color, and prominence of type and the arrangement of text and captions. This outline of coverage shall include all of the following: (1) A description of the principal benefits and coverage provided in the policy. (2) A statement of the renewal provisions...
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27-31A-4
Section 27-31A-4 Risk retention groups not chartered in this state. Risk retention groups chartered and licensed in states other than this state and seeking to do business as a risk retention group in this state shall comply with the laws of this state as follows: (1) NOTICE OF OPERATIONS AND DESIGNATION OF COMMISSIONER AS AGENT. a. Before offering insurance in this state, a risk retention group shall submit to the commissioner both of the following: 1. A statement identifying the state or states in which the risk retention group is chartered and licensed as a liability insurance company, charter date, its principal place of business, and other information, including information on its membership, as the commissioner of this state may require to verify that the risk retention group is qualified pursuant to subdivision (11) of Section 27-31A-2. 2. A copy of its plan of operations or feasibility study and revisions of the plan or study submitted to the state in which the risk retention...
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27-10-29
Section 27-10-29 Records of surplus line brokers. (a) Each surplus line broker shall keep in his office in this state a full and true record of each surplus line contract procured by him, including a copy of the policy, certificate, cover note or other confirmation of insurance and of the daily report, if any, and showing such of the following items as may be applicable: (1) Amount of the insurance and risks insured against; (2) Gross premium charged; (3) Return premium paid, if any; (4) Rate of premium charged upon the several items of property; (5) Effective date of the contract and the terms thereof; (6) Name and address of the insurer; (7) Name and address of the insured; (8) Brief general description of property insured and where located; (9) Amount of tax and other sums collected from the insured; and (10) Other information as may be required by the commissioner. (b) The record shall at all times be open to examination by the commissioner and shall be kept available and open to...
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27-13-65
Section 27-13-65 Rate-making and making rating plans. Every rating organization and every insurer which makes its own rates shall make rates that are not unreasonably high or inadequate for the safety and soundness of the insurer and which do not unfairly discriminate between risks in this state and shall, in rate-making and in making rating plans: (1) Adopt basis classifications, which shall be used as the basis of all manual, minimum, class, schedule, or experience rates; (2) Give consideration to past experience within the state and without the state, when necessary, and due consideration may be given to prospective loss experience within the state and without the state, when necessary, over such period of years as appears to be fairly representative of the frequency of the occurrence of the particular risk; and (3) Give consideration to all factors reasonably related to the kind of insurance involved, including a reasonable profit for the insurer and, in the case of participating...
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27-15-23
Section 27-15-23 Standard provisions in contracts for reversionary annuities. (a) Except as stated in this section, no contract for a reversionary annuity shall be delivered or issued for delivery in this state unless it contains in substance each of the following provisions: (1) Any such reversionary annuity contract shall contain the provisions specified in Sections 27-15-17 through 27-15-21 except that under Section 27-15-20 the insurer may at its option provide for an equitable reduction of the amount of the annuity payments in settlement of an overdue or deferred payment in lieu of providing for deduction of such payments from an amount payable upon settlement under the contract; and (2) In such reversionary annuity contracts, there shall be a provision that the contract may be reinstated at any time within three years from the date of default in making stipulated payments to the insurer upon production of evidence of insurability satisfactory to the insurer and upon condition...
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27-19-54
Section 27-19-54 Minimum standards for benefits, compensation arrangement, etc.; conformity with federal provisions. (a) The commissioner shall issue reasonable regulations to establish minimum standards for benefits, claims payment, marketing practices, compensation arrangements, and reporting practices, for Medicare supplement policies and certificates. For the purposes of this section, the term compensation arrangements shall not include payment methods, fee schedules, or other compensation arrangements between licensed health care providers and purchasers of health care services. (b) The commissioner may, from time to time, adopt reasonable regulations as are necessary to conform Medicare supplement policies and certificates to the requirements of federal law and regulations promulgated thereunder, including, but not limited to, the following: (1) Requiring refunds or credits if the policies or certificates do not meet loss ratio requirements. (2) Establishing a uniform methodology...
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27-52-3
Section 27-52-3 Additional powers; guidelines. (a) The commissioner shall, by regulation, establish additional powers and duties of the plan and may adopt such rules as are necessary and proper to implement this article. For the purpose of this section, the term "insurer" means any entity covered by the Health Insurance Portability Act, including, but not limited to, as the terms are defined in the Health Insurance Portability Act, a health insurance issuer, a health maintenance organization and, notwithstanding Section 10-4-115, any health benefit plan. In the case of a self-funded health benefit plan operating through a third party administrator, the third party administrator shall be the insurer for the purpose of this section. The commissioner may, by regulation, define health insurance premiums consistent with the purpose of this section. (b) The regulations shall set forth coverage eligibility criteria consistent with the requirements of Health Insurance Portability and...
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27-17-2
Section 27-17-2 Policy provisions - Generally. No policy of burial insurance shall be delivered or issued for delivery in this state unless it contains in substance the provisions set forth in Sections 27-17-3 through 27-17-14, or corresponding provisions, which in the opinion of the commissioner are not less favorable in any respect to the policyholder. Any of such provisions, or portions thereof, not applicable to single premium policies shall to that extent be omitted therefrom. (Acts 1971, No. 407, p. 707, ยง393.)...
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27-31-7
Section 27-31-7 Certificate of authority - Application by domestic insurer; contents of declaration. (a) Twenty-five or more persons domiciled in this state may organize a domestic reciprocal insurer and make application to the commissioner for a certificate of authority to transact insurance. (b) The proposed attorney shall fulfill the requirements of and shall execute and file with the commissioner when applying for a certificate of authority a declaration setting forth: (1) The name of the insurer; (2) The location of the insurer's principal office, which shall be the same as that of the attorney and shall be maintained within this state; (3) The kinds of insurance proposed to be transacted; (4) The names and addresses of the original subscribers; (5) The designation and appointment of the proposed attorney and a copy of the power of attorney; (6) The names and addresses of the officers and directors of the attorney, if a corporation, or its members, if a firm; (7) The powers of the...
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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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