11-97-8
Section 11-97-8 Powers of corporation; location of facilities of corporation. (a) Every corporation shall have all of the powers necessary and convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this chapter, including (without limiting the generality of the foregoing) the following powers: (1) To have succession in its corporate name for the duration of time (which may be in perpetuity, subject to the provisions of Section 11-97-22 hereof) specified in its certificate of incorporation; (2) To sue and be sued in its own name in civil suits and actions and to defend suits against it; (3) To adopt and make use of a corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure; (4) To adopt, alter, and repeal bylaws, regulations, and rules, not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter, for the regulation and conduct of its affairs and business; (5) To acquire, whether by gift, purchase, transfer, foreclosure, lease, or otherwise, to construct and to expand, improve, operate,...
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8-20-4
Section 8-20-4 Unfair and deceptive trade practices. Notwithstanding the terms, provisions, or conditions of any dealer agreement or franchise or the terms or provisions of any waiver, prior to the termination, cancellation, or nonrenewal of any dealer agreement or franchise, the following acts or conduct shall constitute unfair and deceptive trade practices: (1) For any manufacturer, factory branch, factory representative, distributor, or wholesaler, distributor branch, or distributor representative to coerce or attempt to coerce any motor vehicle dealer to do any of the following: a. To accept, buy, or order any motor vehicle or vehicles, appliances, equipment, parts, or accessories therefor, or any other commodity or commodities or service or services which such motor vehicle dealer has not voluntarily ordered or requested except items required by applicable local, state, or federal law; or to require a motor vehicle dealer to accept, buy, order, or purchase such items in order to...
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19-3-125
Section 19-3-125 Life, endowment, or annuity contracts. In addition to any other investment now permitted by law, a guardian or trustee may invest the funds of his ward or of the beneficiary of the trust in life, endowment or annuity contracts of legal reserve life insurance companies duly qualified and authorized to write such business in the State of Alabama; provided, however, that the annual premium or premiums on such contracts purchased by such guardian or trustee shall not exceed 25 percent of the income of the ward or the beneficiary for any calendar year preceding the date of such purchase. The contract must contain the following options after it has been in force for three years or less: a cash surrender value option, a paid-up insurance or endowment option, and an extended insurance or endowment option. Such contract may be issued on the life or lives of the ward or wards, or beneficiary or beneficiaries of the trust or upon the life or lives of persons in whose life or...
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27-25-6
Section 27-25-6 Companies to file rates. (a) Every title insurer shall file with the commissioner its schedule of premium rates and every modification of any premium rate that it proposes to use in this state. The premium rates shall not be subject to rebate and the rebate of premiums to the insured are expressly prohibited. If a reissue premium rate is filed by an insurer, an insured may receive reissue credit only when the insured physically produces the prior title insurance policy, including schedules associated therewith, issued by a title insurer licensed to be engaged in the business of title insurance in this state. A title insurer that has not filed its premium rates pursuant to the provisions hereof shall not engage in the business of title insurance until such time as its premium rates are filed. No person, title insurer, agency, or agent shall charge any premium rate for any policy or contract of title insurance except in accordance with the filed premium rates which are in...
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37-4-1
Section 37-4-1 Definitions. Unless otherwise specified, when used in this article, these terms shall have the following meanings: (1) COMMISSION. The Alabama Public Service Commission. (2) COMMISSIONER. A member of the commission. (3) MUNICIPALITY. Any municipal corporation organized under the laws of this state. (4) PERSON. Such term shall mean and include individuals, associations of individuals, firms, partnerships, companies, corporations, municipalities, governmental agencies, their lessees, trustees, or receivers appointed by any court whatsoever, in the singular number as well as in the plural. (5) NONUTILITY. Any federal agency, instrumentality, or corporation, owned by the United States, and any corporation or joint stock company in which the United States or any of its departments, establishments, or agencies, owns more than 50 percent of the voting shares of stock of such corporation or joint stock company. (6) SECURITIES. Such term shall mean and include stock, stock...
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27-31B-8
Section 27-31B-8 Formation of captive insurance companies in this state. (a) A pure captive insurance company or a protected cell captive insurance company shall be formed as a stock or mutual insurer, or as a nonprofit or limited liability company with its capital divided into units and held by the stockholders, members, or other equivalent as allowed by law. (b) An association captive insurance company, an industrial insured captive insurance company, or a risk retention group may be formed in any of the following ways: (1) Organized as a stock insurer with its capital divided into share units and held by the stockholders, members, or other equivalent as allowed by law. (2) Organized as a mutual insurer without capital stock, the governing body of which is elected by the member organizations of its association. (3) Organized as a reciprocal insurer in accordance with Chapter 31 of this title. (4) Organized as a manager-managed limited liability company. (c) A captive insurance...
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10A-20-6.16
Section 10A-20-6.16 Applicability of insurance laws. (a) No statute of this state applying to insurance companies shall be applicable to any corporation organized under this article and amendments thereto or to any contract made by the corporation; except the corporation shall be subject to the following: (1) The provisions regarding annual premium tax to be paid by insurers on insurance premiums. (2) Chapter 55 of Title 27. (3) Article 2 and Article 3 of Chapter 19 of Title 27. (4) Section 27-1-17. (5) Chapter 56 of Title 27. (6) Rules promulgated by the Commissioner of Insurance pursuant to Sections 27-7-43 and 27-7-44. (7) Chapter 54 of Title 27. (8) Chapter 57 of Title 27. (9) Chapter 58 of Title 27. (10) Chapter 59 of Title 27. (11) Chapter 54A of Title 27. (12) Chapter 12A of Title 27. (13) Chapter 2B of Title 27. (14) Chapter 29 of Title 27. (15) Chapter 62 of Title 27. (b) The provisions in subsection (a) that require specific types of coverage to be offered or provided shall...
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11-91-2
Section 11-91-2 Contracting for and purchase of insurance policies generally; requirements as to amounts of insurance under policies and coverage of policies. (a) All such governing bodies shall have authority to contract for and purchase any or all such policies of insurance from any insurer or insurers admitted to transact the business of such insurance in the State of Alabama, and the governing bodies of all state colleges and universities shall have, in addition to powers previously granted, the authority to contract for and purchase any or all such policies of insurance from any nonprofit corporation organized and operated without profit to any private shareholder or individual exclusively for the purpose of aiding or strengthening educational institutions by issuing insurance and annuity contracts only to or for the benefit of such institutions and individuals engaged in the services of such institutions. (b) The amounts of insurance under any such policy must be based upon some...
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27-15-28.1
Section 27-15-28.1 Standard nonforfeiture law for individual deferred annuities - Annuity contracts issued by election under this section until June 30, 2006. (a) This section shall be known as the standard nonforfeiture law for individual deferred annuities. (b) This section shall not apply to any reinsurance group annuity purchased under a retirement plan or plan of deferred compensation established or maintained by an employer (including a partnership or sole proprietorship) or by an employee organization, or by both, other than a plan providing individual retirement accounts or individual retirement annuities under Section 408 of the Internal Revenue Code, as now or hereafter amended, premium deposit fund, variable annuity, investment annuity, immediate annuity, any deferred annuity contract after annuity payments have commenced or reversionary annuity, nor to any contract which shall be delivered outside this state through an agent or other representative of the company issuing...
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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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