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27-17A-3
Section 27-17A-3 Funding of preneed contracts; premium payments; commissions; preneed seller
as beneficiary or assignee. (a) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit the
funding of preneed contracts with multiple insurance or annuity contracts. Life insurance
and annuity contracts used to fund preneed contracts shall conform with the provisions of
this title as they relate to life insurance and annuities and shall cover not less than the
initial retail price of the preneed contract. (b) The initial premium payment for a life insurance
policy or annuity contract shall be made payable to the issuing insurance company and the
preneed seller shall remit the payment to the insurance company within 10 business days after
the insurance application is signed by the parties. If a preneed contract provides for installment
payments, each premium payment shall be made payable to the insurance company and, if collected
by the preneed seller, shall be remitted to the insurance company...
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27-15-52
Section 27-15-52 Definitions. The following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) COMMERCIALLY
REASONABLE EFFORT. The plans, processes, or procedures necessary to confirm the death of the
insured, contract owner or annuitant, or retained asset account holder against other available
records and information and, as applicable, to locate the beneficiary or beneficiaries or
other person entitled to payment pursuant to the terms of the policy or contract which have
been developed by each insurer and submitted to and approved by the department. (2) CONTRACT.
An annuity contract. The term contract shall not include an annuity used to fund an employment-based
retirement plan or program where the insurer is not committed by terms of the annuity contract
to pay death benefits to the beneficiaries of specific plan participants. (3) DEATH MASTER
FILE. The United States Social Security Administration's Death Master File or any other database
or service that is at least as comprehensive as...
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27-17A-10
Section 27-17A-10 Certificate required. (a) No person may sell a preneed contract without first
having a valid certificate of authority. (b)(1) No person may receive any funds for payment
on a preneed contract who does not hold a valid certificate of authority. (2) Any preneed
transaction in which a buyer pays to the seller before need, in whole or in part, a purchase
price for funeral or cemetery merchandise and services, and in which the seller is not obligated
to deliver the contracted for merchandise or to perform the services until need, in whole
or in part, shall be evidenced by a written preneed contract satisfying the requirements of
this chapter and signed by the seller and the purchaser. No person may receive or accept any
form of consideration in such a transaction without a fully signed written preneed contract.
A transaction not evidenced by a signed written preneed contract shall be voidable at the
election of the buyer and, if such election is made, the seller shall...
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27-17A-2
Section 27-17A-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following
meanings: (1) ALTERNATIVE CONTAINER. A nonmetal receptacle or enclosure, without ornamentation
or a fixed interior lining, which is designed for the encasement of human remains and which
is made of cardboard, pressed-wood, composition materials (with or without an outside covering),
or pouches of canvas or other materials. (2) ARRANGEMENT CONFERENCE. The meeting occurring
either at need or preneed between the seller and the purchaser during which funeral or cemetery
merchandise and services are discussed. (3) ARRANGEMENT CONFERENCE FEE. The charge to the
purchaser in conjunction with the arrangement conference. (4) AT NEED. At the time of death,
or immediately following death. (5) AUTHORIZING AGENT. One who is lawfully authorized to control
the final disposition of human remains. (6) BELOW-GROUND CRYPT. A preplaced enclosed chamber,
which is usually constructed of reinforced concrete,...
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27-15-53
Section 27-15-53 Requirements for death master file comparisons. (a) An insurer shall perform
a comparison of its insureds' in-force life insurance policies, annuity contracts, and retained
asset accounts against a death master file, to identify potential death master file matches
of its insureds. Such comparison shall be completed by January 1, 2019. Thereafter, an insurer
shall maintain a program designed to compare each such policy, contract, or account with a
death master file no less frequently than every three years, it being the intent that insurers
fashion a program that best fits their business systems while at the same time protecting
consumers by assuring reasonable checks are being performed to identify unreported deaths.
For those potential death master file matches identified as a result of a death master file
comparison, the insurer shall do all of the following: (1) Within 90 days of a death master
file match: a. Complete a commercially reasonable effort, which shall be...
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27-17A-32
Section 27-17A-32 Rights of seller; powers and duties of trustee. (a) If amounts paid by the
purchaser under a preneed contract for funeral merchandise have previously been deposited
in trust, the seller may withdraw the principal amount and trust appreciation attributable
to the delivered item at such time as the funeral merchandise is delivered or installed or,
if comprised of materials designed to withstand prolonged, protected storage without deterioration,
the merchandise is placed in storage with a responsible third party bonded and insured for
the wholesale value thereof and evidenced by a receipt specifically identifying the item,
the specific preneed contract, the location of the item, and the identity and address of the
bonding and insuring parties. For purposes of this subsection only, caskets and alternative
containers may not be held in storage by the seller or a third party storage facility prior
to the death of the funeral beneficiary. (b) The trustee shall make regular...
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27-17A-11
Section 27-17A-11 Application for certificate; statements; issuance; expiration; transfer.
(a) An application to the commissioner for a certificate of authority shall be accompanied
by the statement and other matters described in this section in the form prescribed by the
commissioner. Annually thereafter, within six months after the end of its fiscal period, or
within an extension of time therefor, as the commissioner for good cause may grant, the person
authorized to engage in the sale of preneed contracts shall file with the commissioner a full
and true statement of his or her financial condition, transactions, and affairs, prepared
on a basis as adopted by a rule of the commissioner, as of the preceding fiscal period or
at such other time or times as the commissioner may provide by rule, together with information
and data which may be required by the commissioner. (b) The statement shall include all of
the following: (1) The types of preneed contracts proposed to be written and the...
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27-15-13
Section 27-15-13 Life insurance policy provisions - Settlement of claims. (a) There shall be
a provision that when a life insurance policy shall become a claim by the death of the insured,
settlement shall be made upon receipt of due proof of death and, at the insurer's option,
surrender of the policy and proof of the interest of the claimant. If an insurer shall specify
a particular period prior to the expiration of which settlement shall be made, such period
shall not exceed two months from the receipt of such proofs. (b) Notwithstanding any other
provision of law regarding payment of interest on contracts, if an insurer fails to pay the
proceeds of or make payment under a policy pursuant to a death claim within 30 days after
receipt of satisfactory proof of death and of the interest of the claimant, and if the beneficiary
of the policy elects to receive a lump-sum payment through a retained asset account or otherwise,
the insurer shall pay interest on any money due and unpaid after...
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27-44-8
Section 27-44-8 Powers and duties of association. (a) If a member insurer is an impaired insurer,
the association may, in its discretion and subject to any conditions imposed by the association
that do not impair the contractual obligations of the impaired insurer, and that are approved
by the commissioner: (1) Guarantee or reinsure, or cause to be guaranteed, assumed, or reinsured,
any or all of the covered policies of the impaired insurers. (2) Provide such moneys, pledges,
notes, guarantees, or other means as are proper to effectuate subdivision (1), and assure
payment of the contractual obligations of the impaired insurer pending action under subdivision
(1). (b) If a member insurer is an insolvent insurer, the association shall, in its discretion
and subject to the approval of the commissioner, do either of the following: (1)a. Guarantee,
assume, or reinsure, or cause to be guaranteed, assumed, or reinsured, the covered policies
of the insolvent insurer. b. Assure payment of the...
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35-12-76
Section 35-12-76 Report of abandoned property. (a) A holder of property presumed abandoned
shall make a report to the Treasurer concerning the property. The report shall be filed electronically
and the monies remitted electronically. The Treasurer may grant an exception upon written
request as established by rule. A report should contain only tangible property or intangible
property. If a holder possesses both property types, two reports shall be filed. (b) The report
must be verified, balanced, and must contain, at a minimum, all of the following: (1) A description
of the property. (2) The date, if any, on which the property became payable, demandable, or
returnable, and the date of the last transaction with the apparent owner with respect to the
property. (3) Other information that the Treasurer by rule prescribes as necessary for the
administration of this article. (4) Except with respect to a traveler's check, money order,
or State of Alabama issued payment instruments, the name,...
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