27-10-26
Section 27-10-26 Eligibility of insurers for placement of surplus line insurance. (a) A surplus line broker shall not knowingly place surplus line insurance with an insurer that is unsound financially, or that is ineligible under this section. The broker shall ascertain the financial condition of the unauthorized insurer before placing insurance therewith. (b) The broker shall not so insure with any of the following: (1) With any insurer which is not an authorized insurer in at least one state of the United States for the kind of insurance involved, and with capital or surplus, or both, amounting to at least five million dollars ($5,000,000); or guaranteed trust fund amounting to at least five million dollars ($5,000,000). (2) With an alien insurer not authorized to transact insurance in at least one state of the United States, unless the insurer shall have established an effective trust fund of at least two million five hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000) within the United States...
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27-12A-2
Section 27-12A-2 Insurance fraud - definition. A person commits the crime of insurance fraud if, knowingly and with intent to defraud, he or she commits, or conceals any material information concerning, one or more of the following acts: (1) The solicitation or acceptance of new or renewal insurance risks on behalf of an insurer, reinsurer, or other person engaged in the transaction of the business of insurance, by a person who knows the insurer, reinsurer, or other person responsible for the risk is financially unable to pay its claims at the time of the transaction. (2) The removal, concealment, alteration, or destruction of the assets or records relating to the transaction of the business of insurance of an insurer, reinsurer, or other person engaged in the transaction of the business of insurance. This section does not prohibit an insurer, reinsurer, or other person engaged in the transaction of the business of insurance from destroying records or documents relating to the...
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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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27-32-1
Section 27-32-1 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) IMPAIRMENT or INSOLVENCY. The capital of a stock insurer, the net assets of a Lloyd's plan insurer or the surplus of a mutual or reciprocal insurer shall be deemed to be impaired and the insurer shall be deemed to be insolvent when such insurer is not possessed of assets at least equal to all liabilities and required reserves, together with its total issued and outstanding capital stock, if a stock insurer, or the minimum surplus, if a Lloyd's plan, mutual or reciprocal insurer, required by this title to be maintained for the kind or kinds of insurance it is then authorized to transact. (2) INSURER. Any person, firm, corporation, association, or aggregation of persons doing an insurance business and subject to the insurance supervisory authority of, or to liquidation, rehabilitation, reorganization, or conservation by, the...
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10A-20-7.11
Section 10A-20-7.11 Loans to corporation by members. Each member of the corporation shall make loans to the corporation as and when called upon by it to do so on the terms and other conditions as shall be approved from time to time by the board of directors, subject to the following conditions: (1) All loan limits shall be established at the one thousand dollars ($1,000) amount nearest to the amount computed in accordance with the provisions of this section. (2) No loan to the corporation shall be made if immediately thereafter the total amount of the obligations of the corporation would exceed 50 times the amount then paid in on the outstanding capital stock of the corporation. (3) The total amount outstanding on loans to the corporation made by any member at any one time, when added to the amount of the investment in the capital stock of the corporation then held by the member, shall not exceed: a. Twenty percent of the total amount then outstanding on loans to the corporation by all...
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27-15-29
Section 27-15-29 Prohibited policy plans. (a) No insurer shall hereafter deliver or issue for delivery in this state any policy or contract providing for the establishment of its policyholders or members into divisions and classes and for payment of benefits from special funds created for such purpose to the oldest member of the division and class or to the member of the division and class whose policy has been in force the longest period of time upon the death of a member in such division and class, or under any other similar plan; except, that any insurer heretofore operating on such a plan in this state, whether by conversion from a fraternal benefit society or otherwise, may continue to do so upon the condition that the insurer shall not hereafter establish its policyholders or members into any new divisions, classes or groupings of any kind, other than those heretofore established and containing subsisting policies heretofore issued, and that the insurer, if a stock insurer, shall...
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27-27-48
Section 27-27-48 Bulk reinsurance - Domestic mutual insurers. (a) A domestic mutual insurer may reinsure all, or substantially all, its business in force or all, or substantially all, of a major class thereof with another insurer, stock or mutual, by an agreement of bulk reinsurance after compliance with this section. No such agreement shall become effective unless filed with the commissioner and approved by him in writing after a hearing thereon. (b) The commissioner shall approve such agreement within a reasonable time after filing if he finds it to be fair and equitable to each domestic insurer involved, and that such reinsurance if effectuated would not substantially reduce the protection or service to its policyholders. If the commissioner does not so approve, he shall so notify each insurer involved in writing, specifying his reasons therefor. (c) The plan and agreement for such reinsurance must be approved by vote of not less than two-thirds of each domestic mutual insurer's...
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27-3-6.1
Section 27-3-6.1 Authority to transact insurance - Kind or combinations of kinds - Closing or settlement protection. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (3) of Section 27-3-6, a title insurer may issue closing or settlement protection to a person who is a party to a transaction in which a title insurance policy will be issued. (b) The form of closing or settlement protection shall be submitted to and approved by the commissioner. (c) The closing or settlement protection may indemnify a person only against loss of closing or settlement funds because of one of the following acts of a settlement agent, such as a title insurance agent or other settlement service provider which has been approved by the title insurer for such protection, under the terms and conditions of the closing protection as approved by the commissioner: (1) Theft or misappropriation of settlement funds in connection with a transaction in which a title insurance policy or title insurance policies will be...
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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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27-27-45
Section 27-27-45 Merger and consolidations - Domestic stock insurers. (a) A domestic stock insurer may merge or consolidate with one or more domestic or foreign stock insurers by complying with the applicable provisions of the statutes of this state governing the merger or consolidation of stock corporations formed for profit, but subject to subsections (b) and (c) of this section. (b) No such merger or consolidation shall be effectuated unless in advance thereof the plan and agreement therefor have been filed with the commissioner and approved in writing by him after a hearing thereon. The commissioner shall give such approval within a reasonable time after such filing unless he finds such plan or agreement: (1) Is contrary to law; (2) Inequitable to the stockholders of any domestic insurer involved; or (3) Would substantially reduce the security of, and service to be rendered to, policyholders of the domestic insurer in this state or elsewhere. (c) No director, officer, agent, or...
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