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27-42-11
Section 27-42-11 Settlement and payment of claims; recovery. (a) Any person recovering under
this chapter shall be deemed to have assigned his or her rights under the policy to the association
to the extent of his or her recovery from the association. Every insured or claimant seeking
the protection of this chapter shall cooperate with the association to the same extent as
such person would have been required to cooperate with the insolvent insurer. The association
shall have no cause of action against the insured of the insolvent insurer for any sums it
has paid out except for those causes of action the insolvent insurer would have had if such
sums had been paid by the insolvent insurer and except as provided in subsections (d), (e),
(f), (g), and (h) below. In the case of an insolvent insurer operating on a plan with assessment
liability, payments of claims of the association may not operate to reduce the liability of
insureds to the receiver, liquidator, or statutory successor for...
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27-42-8
Section 27-42-8 Powers and duties. (a) The association shall: (1)a. Be obligated to pay covered
claims existing prior to the order of liquidation arising within 30 days after the order of
liquidation, or before the policy expiration date if less than 30 days after the order of
liquidation, or before the insured replaces the policy or causes its cancellation, if he or
she does so within 30 days of the order of liquidation. The obligation shall be satisfied
by paying to the claimant an amount as follows: 1. The full amount of a covered claim for
benefits under workers' compensation insurance coverage. 2. An amount not exceeding ten thousand
dollars ($10,000) per policy for a covered claim for the return of unearned premium. 3. An
amount not exceeding three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) or the policy limits, whichever
is less, per claim for all covered claims. For purposes of this limitation, all claims of
any kind whatsoever arising out of, or related to, bodily injury or death to...
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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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27-42-5
Section 27-42-5 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following
meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) ACCOUNT. Any one
of the three accounts created by Section 27-42-6. (2) AFFILIATE. A person who directly, or
indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common
control with another person on December 31 of the year immediately preceding the date the
insurer becomes an insolvent insurer. (3) ASSOCIATION. The Alabama Insurance Guaranty Association
created under Section 27-42-6. (4) CLAIMANT. Any insured making a first party claim or any
person instituting a liability claim. The term does not include a person who is an affiliate
of an insolvent insurer. (5) COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner of Insurance of the State of Alabama.
(6) CONTROL. The possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction
of the management and policies of a person, whether...
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27-44-3
Section 27-44-3 Scope of chapter. (a) This chapter shall provide coverage for the policies
and contracts specified in subsection (b) as follows: (1) To persons who, regardless of where
they reside (except for non-resident certificate holders under group policies or contracts),
are the beneficiaries, assignees, or payees of the persons covered under subdivision (2).
(2) To persons who are owners of or certificate holders under the policies or contracts, other
than structured settlement annuities, and in each case who are either of the following: a.
Residents b. Not residents, but only under all of the following conditions: 1. The insurer
that issued the policies or contracts is domiciled in this state. 2. The states in which the
persons reside have associations similar to the association created by this chapter. 3. The
persons are not eligible for coverage by an association in any other state due to the fact
the insurer was not licensed in the state at the time specified in the state's...
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27-42-18
Section 27-42-18 Stay of proceedings; access of board to records of insurers. All proceedings
in which the insolvent insurer is a party or is obligated to defend a party in any court in
this state shall be stayed for up to six months and such additional time thereafter as may
be determined by the court from the date the insolvency is determined or an ancillary proceeding
is instituted in the state, whichever is later, to permit proper defense by the association
of all pending causes of action as to any covered claims arising from a judgment under any
decision, verdict, or finding based on the default of the insolvent insurer or its failure
to defend an insured, the association either on its own behalf or on behalf of such insured
may apply to have such judgment, order, or administrator that made such judgment, order, decision,
verdict, or finding and shall be permitted to defend such claim on the merits. The liquidator,
receiver, or statutory successor of an insolvent insurer covered...
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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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27-42-12
Section 27-42-12 Exhaustion of rights; nonduplication of recovery. (a) Any person having a
claim under an insurance policy, whether or not it is a policy issued by a member insurer,
where the claim under the other policy arises from the same facts, injury, or loss that gave
rise to the covered claim against the association, shall be required first to exhaust all
coverage provided by any such policy. Any amount payable on a covered claim under this chapter
shall be reduced by the full applicable limits stated in the other insurance policy and the
association shall receive a full credit for the stated limits, or, where there are no applicable
stated limits, the claim shall be reduced by the total recovery. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
no person shall be required to exhaust any right under the policy of an insolvent insurer.
(1) A claim under a policy providing liability coverage to a person who may be jointly and
severally liable with, or a joint tortfeasor with, the person covered...
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27-42-9
Section 27-42-9 Plan of operation. (a) The association shall submit to the commissioner a plan
of operation and any amendments thereto necessary or suitable to assure the fair, reasonable,
and equitable administration of the association. The plan of operation and any amendments
thereto shall become effective upon approval in writing by the commissioner. If the association
fails to submit a suitable plan of operation within 90 days following January 1, 1981, or
if at any time thereafter the association fails to submit suitable amendments to the plan,
the commissioner shall, after notice and hearing, adopt and promulgate such reasonable rules
as are necessary or advisable to effectuate the provisions of this chapter. Such rules shall
continue in force until modified by the commissioner or superseded by a plan submitted by
the association and approved by the commissioner. (b) All member insurers shall comply with
the plan of operation. (c) The plan of operation shall: (1) Establish...
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27-32-39
Section 27-32-39 Priority of claims of policyholders and beneficiaries - Reinsuring of policies.
(a) When, upon hearing, the circuit court having jurisdiction of a receivership shall determine
it to be in the best interest of the policyholders and the public, the court may order and
direct the receiver to reinsure the policies of the insurer with a solvent insurer to the
extent of the assets available in the receivership. The circuit court is hereby empowered
to place a lien or moratorium against policy benefits and values as necessary to reinsure
all policyholders as fully as possible to the extent of assets available and to order the
receiver to transfer such assets as determined adequate, necessary, or available to reinsure
policies of the insolvent insurer with a solvent insurer, to the exclusion of general creditors
should no assets remain thereafter. (b) Except as provided in subsection (c), reinsurance
shall be payable under a contract reinsured by the assuming insurer on the...
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