27-36A-2
Section 27-36A-2 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply on or after the operative date of the valuation manual as defined by Section 27-36A-15: (1) ACCIDENT AND HEALTH INSURANCE. Contracts that incorporate morbidity risk and provide protection against economic loss resulting from accident, sickness, or medical conditions and as may be specified in the valuation manual. (2) APPOINTED ACTUARY. A qualified actuary who is appointed in accordance with the valuation manual to prepare the actuarial opinion required in subsection (b) of Section 27-36A-4. (3) COMPANY. An entity, which (i) has written, issued, or reinsured life insurance contracts, accident and health insurance contracts, or deposit-type contracts in this state and has at least one such policy in force or on claim or (ii) has written, issued, or reinsured life insurance contracts, accident and health insurance contracts, or deposit-type contracts in any state and is required to hold a...
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27-12A-1
Section 27-12A-1 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) COMMISSIONER. The Alabama Commissioner of Insurance or his or her designee. (2) DEPARTMENT. The Alabama Department of Insurance. (3) INSURANCE. As defined in Section 27-1-2, and specifically including any contract, arrangement, or agreement, in which one undertakes to do any one of the following: a. Pay or indemnify another as to loss from certain contingencies called risks. b. Pay or grant a specified amount or determinable benefit to another in connection with ascertainable risk contingencies. c. Pay an annuity to another. d. Act as surety. For the purposes of this chapter, insurance also includes any health benefit plan as defined in Section 27-53-1. (4) INSURANCE PRODUCER or PRODUCER. As defined in Section 27-7-1. (5) INSURER. A person entering into agreements, contracts of insurance, arrangements, or reinsurance, or a health benefit plan, or a group health plan as...
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27-13-60
Section 27-13-60 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, unless otherwise stated, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) RATE. The unit charge by which the measure of exposure or the amount of insurance specified in a policy of insurance or covered thereunder is multiplied to determine the premium. (2) PREMIUM. The consideration paid or to be paid to an insurer for the issuance and delivery of any binder or policy of insurance. (3) RATE-MAKING. The examination and analysis of every factor and influence related to and bearing upon the hazard and risk made the subject of insurance; the collection and collation of such factors and influences into rating plans; systems; and the application of such rating systems to individual risks. (4) RATING PLAN. Every schedule, class, classification, rule, guide, standard, manual, table, rating plan, policy, policy form, or compilation by whatever name described, containing the rates used...
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27-31B-11
Section 27-31B-11 Grounds and procedures for suspension or revocation of license. (a) The license of a captive insurance company to do an insurance business in this state may be suspended or revoked by the commissioner for any of the following reasons: (1) Insolvency or impairment of capital or surplus. (2) Failure to meet the requirements of Section 27-31B-6. (3) Refusal or failure to submit an annual report, as required by Section 27-31B-9, or any other report or statement required by law or by lawful order of the commissioner. (4) Failure to comply with its own charter, bylaws, or other organizational document. (5) Failure to submit to examination or any legal obligation relative thereto, as required by Section 27-31B-10. (6) Refusal or failure to pay the cost of examination, as required by Section 27-31B-10. (7) Use of methods that, although not otherwise specifically prohibited by law, nevertheless render its operation detrimental or its condition unsound with respect to the...
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27-15-79
Section 27-15-79 Nonforfeiture benefits for indeterminate premium plans. In the case of any plan of life insurance which provides for future premium determination, the amounts of which are to be determined by the insurer based on the estimates of future experience, or, in the case of any plan of life insurance which is of such a nature that minimum values cannot be determined by the methods described in Section 27-15-72, 27-15-73, 27-15-74, 27-15-75, 27-15-76, 27-15-77, or 27-15-78, then: (1) The commissioner must be satisfied that the benefits provided under the plan are substantially as favorable to policyholders and insureds as the minimum benefits otherwise required by Section 27-15-72, 27-15-73, 27-15-74, 27-15-75, 27-15-76, 27-15-77, or 27-15-78. (2) The commissioner must be satisfied that the benefits and the pattern of premiums of that plan are not such as to mislead prospective policyholders or insureds. (3) The cash surrender values and paid-up nonforfeiture benefits provided...
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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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39-1-4
Section 39-1-4 selection of surety company, etc.; approval of bonds, etc. (a) No officer or employee of an awarding authority and no person acting or purporting to act on behalf of such officer or employee of an awarding authority, except a public agency or authority created pursuant to agreement or compact with another state, shall, with respect to any public works contract, require the bidder to obtain or procure any surety bond or contract of insurance specified in connection with such contract or specified by any law, ordinance, or regulation from a particular surety company, insurance company, bonding company, agent, or broker. No officer, employee, person, firm, or corporation acting or purporting to act on behalf of any officer or employee of an awarding authority shall negotiate, make application, obtain, or procure any surety bond or contract of insurance, except contracts of insurance for builder's risk or owner's protective liability, which shall be obtained or procured by...
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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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27-11-2
Section 27-11-2 Prohibition against transaction of insurance business, etc., in state without license; exceptions. It shall be unlawful for any insurer to transact the business of insurance in this state or to enter into a contract for insurance in this state without first obtaining a license or certificate of authority from the commissioner. This unauthorized insurers law shall not apply to: (1) Contracts of insurance procured pursuant to the surplus line insurance law; (2) Transactions in this state involving contracts of insurance lawfully entered into, written and the policy delivered outside of this state covering subjects of insurance not resident, located or expressly to be performed in this state at the time of issuance and transactions subsequent to the making of such contract and the issuance of such policy; (3) Reinsurance contracts; (4) Transactions in this state involving group or blanket insurance and group annuities where the master policy or contract was lawfully issued...
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27-3-10
Section 27-3-10 Application of capital surplus to reduction or elimination of deficit by domestic stock insurers. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings: (1) DOMESTIC STOCK INSURER. A corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Alabama with its capital divided into shares and owned by its stockholders which is engaged as indemnitor, surety, or contractor in the business of entering into contracts of insurance. (2) CAPITAL SURPLUS. Such term shall have the meaning given thereto in the statutes of this state relating to the powers and procedures of domestic private corporations formed for profit. (3) EARNED SURPLUS. Such term shall have the meaning given thereto in the statutes of this state relating to the powers and procedures of domestic private corporations formed for profit. (b) A domestic stock insurer which has the minimum unimpaired paid-in capital stock required for the transaction of insurance by such...
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