27-4A-4
Section 27-4A-4 Penalties. Every insurer failing to comply with the requirements of this chapter shall be subject to a penalty of not less than $1,000 nor exceeding $10,000, recoverable in an action brought by the Attorney General for the commissioner. Upon any violation, the commissioner may suspend or revoke the insurer's certificate of authority. Penalties recovered under this section shall be paid to the State Treasury to the credit of the State General Fund. (Acts 1993, No. 93-679, p. 1291, ยง4.)...
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27-25-9
Section 27-25-9 Violations; enforcement of chapter; penalties. (a) Each individual transaction which is in violation of this chapter or which does not otherwise conform to the requirements of this chapter shall be considered a violation. (b) This chapter shall be enforceable only by the commissioner and does not create any private cause of action or other private legal recourse. (c) The commissioner may, in his or her discretion and upon good cause shown, revoke the certificate of authority of a title agent, revoke the license issued to a title insurer, or impose a fine in an amount not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) for each violation of this chapter or of any rule or regulation promulgated under this chapter. No title insurer shall pay, directly or indirectly, any portion of a fine imposed on any agent of the title insurer. In addition, the commissioner may impose a fine in an amount not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) per violation upon a finding that an agent or an...
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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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27-3-11
Section 27-3-11 Deposit requirements - Generally. (a) The commissioner shall not issue or permit to exist a certificate of authority as to any insurer, other than an alien insurer, unless it has deposited and maintains deposited in trust with the Treasurer of this state cash or securities eligible under Section 27-6-3 and having a value at all times of not less than $100,000.00 or the minimum paid-in capital stock, if a stock insurer, or surplus, if a mutual or reciprocal insurer, required to be maintained by the insurer under this title for authority to transact the kinds of insurance to be transacted, whichever is the smaller amount. (b) The deposit shall be for the general benefit and protection of the insurer's policyholders or its policyholders and creditors. (c) In lieu of such deposit, or part thereof, in this state of a foreign insurer, the commissioner shall, subject to the retaliatory law, Section 27-3-29, accept the current certificate in proper form of the public official...
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27-21A-22
Section 27-21A-22 Penalties and enforcement. (a) The commissioner may, in lieu of suspension or revocation of a certificate of authority under Section 27-21A-17, levy an administrative penalty in an amount not less than $500.00 nor more than $5,000.00, if reasonable notice in writing is given of the intent to levy the penalty and the health maintenance organization has a reasonable time within which to remedy the defect in its operations which gave rise to the penalty citation. The commissioner may augment this penalty by an amount equal to the sum that he calculates to be the damages suffered by enrollees or other members of the public. All moneys collected under this section shall be deposited to the credit of the General Fund. (b)(1) If the commissioner or the State Health Officer shall for any reason have cause to believe that any violation of this chapter has occurred or is threatened, the commissioner or State Health Officer may give notice to the health maintenance organization...
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27-12A-8
Section 27-12A-8 Licensing penalties for insurance fraud. (a) A producer who violates this chapter may be subject to the suspension or revocation of any insurance license held by the producer or civil penalties of up to five thousand dollars ($5,000) per violation, or both. Suspension or revocation of an insurance license or certificate of authority and the imposition of civil penalties shall be pursuant to action brought before the commissioner. Suspension or revocation of any insurance licenses and the imposition of civil penalties shall be pursuant to action brought before the commissioner in accordance with this title. (b) An insurer who, with such frequency as to indicate its general business practice in this state, is in violation of this chapter may be subject to the suspension or revocation of any certificate of authority held by insurer or civil penalties of up to five thousand dollars ($5,000) per violation, or both. Suspension or revocation of a certificate of authority and...
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27-3-16
Section 27-3-16 Lloyd's insurers. Aggregations of individuals as underwriters, whether domestic, foreign, or alien, assuming insurance risks upon the plan known as "Lloyd's," whereby each underwriter is liable for the proportionate part assumed by him of the whole amount so insured by a policy issued by such underwriters, may be authorized to transact any kind, or kinds, of insurance in this state other than life or title insurances if the insurer is otherwise in compliance with this title, subject to the following conditions: (1) If a foreign or alien insurer, it must have successfully been in business as an authorized insurer in the state or country of domicile for at least 10 years. (2) If a domestic insurer, it must file with the commissioner evidence, satisfactory to him, that it has been soundly organized and that its insurance operations will, at all times, be competently conducted by individuals having the necessary experience in insurance underwriting and management to do so,...
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27-31B-8
Section 27-31B-8 Formation of captive insurance companies in this state. (a) A pure captive insurance company or a protected cell captive insurance company shall be formed as a stock or mutual insurer, or as a nonprofit or limited liability company with its capital divided into units and held by the stockholders, members, or other equivalent as allowed by law. (b) An association captive insurance company, an industrial insured captive insurance company, or a risk retention group may be formed in any of the following ways: (1) Organized as a stock insurer with its capital divided into share units and held by the stockholders, members, or other equivalent as allowed by law. (2) Organized as a mutual insurer without capital stock, the governing body of which is elected by the member organizations of its association. (3) Organized as a reciprocal insurer in accordance with Chapter 31 of this title. (4) Organized as a manager-managed limited liability company. (c) A captive insurance...
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11-3-11.3
Section 11-3-11.3 Collection of local taxes - Department of Revenue. (a) Counties may, upon request of the county commission, engage the Department of Revenue to collect and administer any county sales, use, rental, lodgings, tobacco, or other local taxes for which there is a corresponding state levy. Subject to subsections (d) and (e) below, the department shall collect and administer a county sales, use, rental, lodgings, tobacco, or other tax for which there is a corresponding state levy on behalf of the requesting county. Any county sales, use, rental, or lodgings tax levy administered and collected by the Department of Revenue pursuant to this section, whether the levy is imposed pursuant to the authority of Section 40-12-4, or any general, special, or local act of the Legislature, shall parallel the corresponding state tax levy, except for the rate of tax, and shall be subject to all definitions, exceptions, exemptions, proceedings, requirements, provisions, rules, regulations,...
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27-31B-21
Section 27-31B-21 Conversion to or merger with reciprocal insurer. (a) An association captive insurance company or industrial insured group formed as a stock or mutual corporation may be converted to or merged with and into a reciprocal insurer in accordance with a plan therefor and this section. (b) A plan for this conversion or merger shall satisfy both of the following: (1) Be fair and equitable to the shareholders, in the case of a stock insurer, or the policyholders, in the case of a mutual insurer. (2) Provide for the purchase of the shares of any nonconsenting shareholder of a stock insurer or the policyholder interest of any nonconsenting policyholder of a mutual insurer in substantially the same manner and subject to the same rights and conditions as are accorded a dissenting shareholder under Article 13, commencing with Section 10-2B-13.01, of Chapter 2B of Title 10. (c) A conversion authorized under subsection (a) shall satisfy all of the following: (1) The conversion shall...
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