27-31D-2
Section 27-31D-2 Premium discount or insurance rate reduction - Fortified existing homes.
(a) Commencing on May 14, 2009, insurance companies shall provide a premium discount or insurance
rate reduction in an amount and manner as established in subsection (g) and pursuant to Section
27-31D-3. In addition, insurance companies may also offer additional adjustments in deductible,
other credit rate differentials, or a combination thereof, collectively referred to as adjustments.
These adjustments shall be available under the terms specified in this section to any
owner who retrofits his or her insurable property located in the State of Alabama to resist
loss due to hurricane or other catastrophic windstorm events. (b) To obtain the adjustment
provided in this section, an insurable property shall be retrofitted to any of the
following: (1) The Fortified Home: Hurricane Standards (FHH), or the Fortified Home: Highwind
and Hail Standards (FHWH) requirements as may from time to time be adopted...
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45-17-90.40
Section 45-17-90.40 Definitions. For the purposes of this subpart, the following terms
shall have the respective meaning ascribed by this section: (1) AUTHORIZED MUNICIPALITIES.
The Cities of Sheffield, Tuscumbia, Muscle Shoals, Cherokee, Littleville, Leighton, and Florence.
(2) COUNTY. Colbert County which is authorized to levy excise taxes pursuant to the provisions
of this subpart. (3) GASOLINE. Gasoline, naphtha and other liquid motor fuels or any device
or substitute therefor commonly used in internal combustion engines; provided, that such term
shall not be held to apply to those products known commercially as "kerosene oil,"
"fuel oil," or "crude oil" when used for lighting, heating, or industrial
purposes. (4) LOCAL PUBLIC CORPORATION. A public corporation incorporated in either Colbert
County or Lauderdale County pursuant to Chapter 99B of Title 11, Article 9, commencing with
Section 11-47-210, of Chapter 47 of Title 11, or any other public corporation organized
under the laws...
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27-22-42
Section 27-22-42 Policyholders Bill of Rights. The following shall serve as the minimum
standards to be followed by the Alabama Department of Insurance in exercising the department's
powers and duties in regulating insurance companies pursuant to Chapter 12. The Department
of Insurance and insurance companies shall post this list or an electronic link of this list
on their respective websites. These standards include the following: (1) Policyholders shall
have the right to competitive pricing practices of insurers as prescribed by applicable federal
or state insurance law and regulation. (2) Policyholders shall have the right to insurance
advertising and sales approaches that provide representative information on the policy in
accordance with Chapter 12. (3) Policyholders shall have the right to assurance that the insurance
market in general and their insurance company in particular are financially stable as provided
in Section 27-12-7. (4) Policyholders shall have the right to receive...
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34-23-181
Section 34-23-181 Definitions. The following words shall have the following meanings
as used in this article: (1) HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN. Any individual or group plan, employee welfare
benefit plan, policy, or contract for health care services issued, delivered, issued for delivery,
or renewed in this state by a health care insurer, health maintenance organization, accident
and sickness insurer, fraternal benefit society, nonprofit hospital service corporation, nonprofit
medical service corporation, health care service plan, or any other person, firm, corporation,
joint venture, or other similar business entity that pays for insureds or beneficiaries in
this state. The term includes, but is not limited to, entities created pursuant to Article
6 of Chapter 20 of Title 10A. A health benefit plan located or domiciled outside of the State
of Alabama is deemed to be subject to this article if it receives, processes, adjudicates,
pays, or denies claims for health care services submitted by or...
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45-39-92.40
Section 45-39-92.40 Definitions. For the purposes of this subpart, the following terms
shall have the respective meaning ascribed by this section: (1) AUTHORIZED MUNICIPALITIES.
The Cities of Sheffield, Tuscumbia, Muscle Shoals, Cherokee, Littleville, Leighton, Florence,
Rogersville, Killen, Anderson, Lexington, St. Florian, and Waterloo. (2) COUNTY. Lauderdale
County which is authorized to levy excise taxes pursuant to this subpart. (3) DISTRIBUTOR.
Any person who engages in the selling of gasoline or motor fuel in this state by wholesale
domestic trade, but shall not apply to any transaction of such distributor in interstate commerce.
(4) GASOLINE. Gasoline, naphtha, and other liquid motor fuels or any device or substitute
therefor commonly used in internal combustion engines; provided, that such term shall not
be held to apply to those products known commercially as kerosene oil, fuel oil, or crude
oil when used for lighting, heating, or industrial purposes. (5) LOCAL PUBLIC...
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5-13B-41
Section 5-13B-41 Definitions. For purposes of this article: (a) The term "bank"
means any bank as defined in: Section 2(c) of the Bank Holding Company Act (12 U.S.C.
§1841(c)); Section 3(a)(1) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. §1813(a)(1)),
other than a branch of a foreign bank; or, as the context may require, in Chapter 5A, Title
5. The term "bank" as used in this article shall not in any event include a foreign
bank or a branch or agency of a foreign bank. (b) The term "foreign bank" means
any company organized under the laws of a foreign country, a territory of the United States,
Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, or the Virgin Islands, that engages directly in the business
of banking. The term includes foreign commercial banks, foreign merchant banks, and other
foreign institutions that engage in banking activities usual in connection with the business
of banking in the countries where such foreign institutions are organized or operating. (c)
The term "out-of-state...
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27-31D-1
Section 27-31D-1 Premium discount or insurance rate reduction - Construction and certification.
(a) Commencing on May 14, 2009, insurance companies shall provide a premium discount or insurance
rate reduction in an amount and manner as established in subsection (j) and pursuant to Section
27-31D-3. In addition, insurance companies may also offer additional adjustments in deductible,
other credit rate differentials, or a combination thereof, collectively referred to as adjustments.
These adjustments shall be available under the terms specified in this section to any
owner who builds or locates a new insurable property, in the State of Alabama, to resist loss
due to hurricane or other catastrophic windstorm events. (b) To obtain the adjustment provided
in this section, an insurable property located in this state shall be certified as
constructed in accordance with either of the following: (1) The 2006 International Residential
Code, as amended, including all hurricane mitigation...
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27-7-1
Section 27-7-1 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall
have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) BUSINESS ENTITY.
A corporation, association, partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership,
or other legal entity. (2) COMMISSIONER. The Alabama Commissioner of Insurance. (3) HOME STATE.
The District of Columbia and any state or territory of the United States in which an insurance
producer maintains his or her principal place of residence or principal place of business
and is licensed to act as an insurance producer. (4) INSURANCE. As defined in Section
27-1-2. (5) INSURANCE PRODUCER or PRODUCER. A person required to be licensed under the laws
of this state to sell, solicit, or negotiate insurance. (6) INSURER. As defined in Section
27-1-2. For the purposes of this chapter, insurer shall also mean an insurance company licensed
pursuant to Chapter 3, commencing with Section 27-3-1 of this title; a health...
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27-1-24.1
Section 27-1-24.1 Incentives for homeowners insurance policies with wind coverage in
certain areas. (a) Insurance carriers providing full property and casualty coverage, to specifically
include wind and hail coverage, to property owners within the areas defined in Section
27-1-24, including any portion of the area as it may be expanded from time to time pursuant
to Section 27-1-27, but only on properties that as of the time of writing are insured
for wind coverage through the Alabama Insurance Underwriting Association, may claim as a nonrefundable
credit against the insurance premium tax imposed by Chapter 4A of this title, in an amount
equal to 20 percent of the insurance premium tax otherwise due on the premium written for
the property owners for the taxable year in Zones B4, B5, M4, M5, or successor zones; and
35 percent of the insurance premium tax otherwise due on the premium written for the property
owners for the taxable year in Zones Gulf Front, B1, B2, B3, M1, M2, M3, or...
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27-44-3
Section 27-44-3 Scope of chapter. (a) This chapter shall provide coverage for the policies
and contracts specified in subsection (b) as follows: (1) To persons who, regardless of where
they reside (except for non-resident certificate holders under group policies or contracts),
are the beneficiaries, assignees, or payees of the persons covered under subdivision (2).
(2) To persons who are owners of or certificate holders under the policies or contracts, other
than structured settlement annuities, and in each case who are either of the following: a.
Residents b. Not residents, but only under all of the following conditions: 1. The insurer
that issued the policies or contracts is domiciled in this state. 2. The states in which the
persons reside have associations similar to the association created by this chapter. 3. The
persons are not eligible for coverage by an association in any other state due to the fact
the insurer was not licensed in the state at the time specified in the state's...
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