27-10-51
Section 27-10-51 Acts constituting appointment of commissioner as agent for service of process on foreign or alien insurer. Any of the following acts in this state, effected by mail or otherwise, by an unauthorized foreign or alien insurer: (1) The issuance or delivery of contracts of insurance to residents of this state or to corporations authorized to do business therein; (2) The solicitation of applications for such contracts; (3) The collection of premiums, membership fees, assessments, or other considerations for such contracts; or (4) Any other transaction of insurance business; is equivalent to, and shall constitute, an appointment by such insurer of the commissioner and his successor or successors in office to be its true and lawful attorney, upon whom may be served all lawful process in any action or proceeding instituted by, or on behalf of, an insured or beneficiary arising out of any such contract of insurance; and any such act shall be signification of the insurer's...
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27-3-15
Section 27-3-15 Deposit requirements - Alien insurers - Trusteed assets. (a) In order to comply with the requirements of Section 27-3-14, an alien insurer shall appoint citizens of the United States of America or public depositaries or trust institutions located in the United States, all as approved by the commissioner, as trustee, or trustees, to hold its funds and assets in trust for the benefit of its policyholders or policyholders and creditors in the United States. Any such trustee, or trustees, shall be named by the board of directors or comparable directive body of the insurer, and a certified copy of the record of the appointment and of the deed of trust shall be filed with the commissioner. (b) Funds and assets so held, to the extent that they consist of cash, securities and other assets of the same general character as are eligible for the investment of like funds of a domestic insurer, under Sections 27-1-8 and 27-1-9, shall constitute the assets of the insurer for the...
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27-30-8
Section 27-30-8 Certificate of authority - Application. (a) To apply for a certificate of authority, a mutual aid association shall file with the commissioner its application therefor, on forms as prescribed and furnished by him, and showing: (1) Name of the association and the address of its principal office or place of business in this state; (2) Name, identification, and residence address of each director, trustee, or officer of the association; (3) The types of aid or benefits to be provided its members or policyholders; (4) The general plan or plans according to which its business is, or will be, conducted; and (5) Such other information as the commissioner may reasonably require. (b) The applicant shall at the time of application for certificate of authority file with the commissioner such of the following as are not already on file with him: (1) A copy of its articles of incorporation, its bylaws, and other charter or constituent documents, certified by the public official...
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27-29-4
Section 27-29-4 Registration of insurers. (a)(1) Every insurer which is authorized to do business in this state and which is a member of an insurance holding company system shall register with the commissioner, except a foreign insurer subject to registration requirements and standards adopted by statute or regulation in the jurisdiction of its domicile which are substantially similar to those contained in this section and both of the following: a. Subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of Section 27-29-5, and subsections (b) and (d) of Section 27-29-5. b. Either subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of Section 27-29-5 or a provision such as the following: Each registered insurer shall keep current the information required to be disclosed in its registration statement by reporting all material changes or additions within 15 days after the end of the month in which it learns of each change or addition. (2) Any insurer which is subject to registration under this section shall register within 15...
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27-30-13
Section 27-30-13 Commissioner as agent for process; service of process; notice of change of address. (a) Every mutual aid association, at the time of filing application for its certificate of authority, shall, by a duly executed instrument filed with the commissioner, on a form as designated and furnished by the commissioner, designate the principal office of the association in this state and constitute and appoint the commissioner, and his successors in office, as its true and lawful attorney upon whom all lawful process in actions or legal proceedings against it may be served; and the association shall agree that any lawful process against it which may be served upon its said attorney shall be of the same force and validity as if served on the association itself and that the authority thereof shall continue in force irrevocably as long as any liability remains outstanding against it in this state. (b) Two copies of any process issued by any court of record in this state and served...
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27-32-7
Section 27-32-7 Grounds - Liquidation of domestic or alien insurers. The commissioner may apply to the court for an order appointing him as receiver, if his appointment as receiver shall not be then in effect, and directing him to liquidate the business of a domestic insurer or of the United States branch of an alien insurer having trusteed assets in this state, regardless of whether or not there has been a prior order directing him to rehabilitate such insurer, upon any of the grounds specified in Section 27-32-6, or if such insurer: (1) Has ceased transacting business for a period of one year; or (2) Is an insolvent insurer and has commenced voluntary liquidation or dissolution, or attempts to commence or prosecute any action or proceeding to liquidate its business or affairs, or to dissolve its corporate charter, or to procure the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, or sequestrator under any law except this title. (Acts 1971, No. 407, p. 707, §626.)...
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27-4-2
Section 27-4-2 Advance fees, licenses, and miscellaneous charges. (a) The Commissioner of Insurance shall collect in advance fees, licenses, and miscellaneous charges as follows: (1) Certificate of authority: a. Initial application for original certificate of authority, including the filing with the commissioner of all documents incidental thereto ..... $500 b. Issuance of original certificate of authority ..... 500 c. Annual continuation or renewal fee ..... 500 d. Reinstatement fee ..... 500 (2) Charter documents, filing with the commissioner amendment to articles of incorporation or of association, or of other charter documents or to bylaws ..... 25 (3) Solicitation permit, filing application and issuance ..... 250 (4) Annual statement of insurer, except when filed as part of application for original certificate of authority, filing ..... 25 (5) Producer license (resident or nonresident): a. Individuals: 1. Application fee (For filing of initial application for license) ..... 30 2....
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27-11-6
Section 27-11-6 Validity of acts or contracts of unauthorized insurer; actions against or by same. The failure of an insurer to obtain a license or certificate of authority shall not impair the validity of any act or contract of such insurer and shall not prevent such insurer, its assigns or successors in interest, from defending any action in any court of this state; but no insurer transacting insurance business in this state without a license or certificate of authority shall be permitted to maintain an action in any court of this state to enforce any right, claim, or demand arising out of the transaction of such business until such company, its assigns or successors in interest shall have: (1) Obtained a license or certificate of authority; or (2) Deposited with the clerk of the court in which such action or proceeding is pending cash or securities or file with such clerk a bond with good and sufficient sureties, to be approved by the court, in an amount to be fixed by the court...
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27-12A-41
Section 27-12A-41 Assessments. (a) The commissioner shall assess each insurer authorized to write insurance in the State of Alabama two hundred dollars ($200) per year in order to fund the operations of the unit. (b) Assessments shall be due not less than 30 days after prior written notice to the insurer and shall accrue interest at six percent per annum on and after the due date. Failure to remit payment of an assessment shall warrant the suspension or revocation of an insurer's certificate of authority. (c) As used in this section insurer authorized to write insurance in the State of Alabama refers only to those entities defined in subdivision (5) of Section 27-12A-1 which hold a certificate of authority from the commissioner. (Act 2012-429, §2.)...
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31-5-13
Section 31-5-13 Offices of department, State Service Commissioner, etc. The Department of Veterans' Affairs and State Service Commissioner shall maintain offices in the capital city of the state. In each city of the state wherein the United States Veterans' Administration maintains a regional or branch office, the State Service Commissioner, under authority of the State Board of Veterans' Affairs, in addition to the office of any district service commissioner or county service commissioner, may, if he deems it necessary, set up and maintain a service office staffed by an assistant service commissioner with ample clerical assistants. (Acts 1945, No. 173, p. 304, §11.)...
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