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27-22-42
Section 27-22-42 Policyholders Bill of Rights. The following shall serve as the minimum standards
to be followed by the Alabama Department of Insurance in exercising the department's powers
and duties in regulating insurance companies pursuant to Chapter 12. The Department of Insurance
and insurance companies shall post this list or an electronic link of this list on their respective
websites. These standards include the following: (1) Policyholders shall have the right to
competitive pricing practices of insurers as prescribed by applicable federal or state insurance
law and regulation. (2) Policyholders shall have the right to insurance advertising and sales
approaches that provide representative information on the policy in accordance with Chapter
12. (3) Policyholders shall have the right to assurance that the insurance market in general
and their insurance company in particular are financially stable as provided in Section 27-12-7.
(4) Policyholders shall have the right to receive...
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27-22A-4
Section 27-22A-4 Authority of vendors of portable electronics. (a) The employees and authorized
representatives of vendors may sell or offer portable electronics insurance to customers and
shall not be subject to licensure as an insurance producer under this chapter provided that:
(1) The vendor obtains a limited lines license to authorize its employees or authorized representatives
to sell or offer portable electronics insurance pursuant to this section. (2) The insurer
issuing the portable electronics insurance either directly supervises or appoints a supervising
entity to supervise the administration of the program including development of a training
program for employees and authorized representatives of the vendors. The training required
by this subdivision shall comply with all of the following: a. The training shall be delivered
to employees and authorized representatives of the vendors who are directly engaged in the
activity of selling or offering portable electronics...
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27-12-17
Section 27-12-17 Collection of premiums or charges when insurance not provided; excess premium
or charge. (a) No person shall willfully collect any sum as premium or charge for insurance
which insurance is not then provided or is not in due course to be provided, subject to acceptance
of the risk by the insurer, by an insurance policy issued by an insurer as permitted by this
title. (b) No person shall willfully collect as premium or charge for insurance any sum in
excess of the premium or charge applicable to the insurance and as specified in the policy
in accordance with the applicable classifications and rates as filed with, and approved by,
the commissioner or, in cases where classifications, premiums, or rates are not required by
this title to be so filed and approved, the premiums and charges shall not be in excess of
those specified in the policy and as fixed by the insurer. This section shall not be deemed
to prohibit the charging and collection by surplus line brokers licensed...
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27-6B-4
Section 27-6B-4 Contract requirements. (a) Unless there is a written contract between the controlling
producer and the insurer approved by the board of directors of the insurer and specifying
the responsibilities of each party, a controlled insurer shall not accept business from a
controlling producer and a controlling producer shall not place business with a controlled
insurer. The contract between a controlling producer and a controlled insurer shall, as a
minimum, contain all of the following: (1) A provision that, upon written notice to the controlling
producer, the controlled insurer may terminate the contract for cause. The controlled insurer
shall suspend the authority of the controlling producer to write business during any pending
dispute regarding the cause for the termination. (2) A provision requiring the controlling
producer to give a detailed accounting to the controlled insurer on any material transaction,
including information necessary to support all commissions,...
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27-9A-3
Section 27-9A-3 Independent adjuster defined; exclusions. (a) For purposes of this chapter,
an "independent adjuster" is a person who, for compensation as an independent contractor
or as an employee of an independent contractor, undertakes on behalf of an insurer to ascertain
and determine the amount of any claim, loss, or damage payable under a contract of property,
casualty, or workers' compensation insurance or to effect settlement of such claim, loss,
or damage. This chapter shall not be construed to permit persons not licensed as attorneys
to engage in activities constituting the practice of law. (b) An independent adjuster does
not include any of the following: (1) Attorneys-at-law admitted to practice in this state
when acting in their professional capacity as an attorney. (2) A salaried employee of an insurer.
(3) A person employed solely to obtain facts surrounding a claim or to furnish technical assistance
to a licensed independent adjuster. (4) An individual who is employed...
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27-10-32
Section 27-10-32 Revocation or suspension of surplus line broker's license. (a) The commissioner
may revoke or suspend any surplus line broker's license for any one or more of the following:
(1) If the broker fails to file an annual statement or to remit the tax as required by law.
(2) If the broker fails to keep the records or to allow the commissioner to examine the broker's
records as required by law. (3) For any of the causes for which a producer's license may be
revoked. (b) The commissioner may suspend or revoke the broker's license if the commissioner
finds that the broker has, willfully or without exercise of due care, placed any insurance
coverage with an unauthorized insurer in violation of any of the requirements or conditions
of Section 27-10-20. (c) The procedures and rights provided by Section 27-7-19 as for the
suspension or revocation of producers' licenses shall be applicable to suspension or revocation
of a surplus line broker's license. (d) No broker whose license...
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8-19A-4
Section 8-19A-4 Exemptions. The provisions of this chapter do not apply to: (1) A person engaging
in commercial telephone solicitation where the solicitation is an isolated transaction and
not done in the course of a pattern of repeated transactions of like nature. (2) A person
making calls for religious, charitable, political, educational, or other noncommercial purposes
or a person soliciting for a nonprofit corporation if that corporation is properly registered
with the Secretary of State and is included within the exemption of the Alabama Revenue Code
or Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or rural electric cooperatives formed under
Chapter 6 of Title 37 of the Code of Alabama or affiliates or subsidiaries thereof. (3) A
person soliciting: a. Without the intent to complete or obtain provisional acceptance of a
sale during the telephone solicitation. b. Who does not make the major sales presentation
during the telephone solicitation. c. Without the intent to complete, and...
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27-7-5.1
Section 27-7-5.1 Licenses - Limited license for motor vehicle rental companies. (a) As used
in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) RENTAL AGREEMENT.
Any written agreement setting forth the terms and conditions governing the use of a vehicle
provided by the rental company for rental or lease. (2) RENTAL COMPANY. Any person or entity
in the business of providing rental vehicles to the public under a rental agreement for a
period not to exceed 90 days. (3) RENTAL PERIOD. The term of the rental agreement. (4) RENTER.
Any person obtaining the use of a vehicle from a rental company under the terms of a rental
agreement for a period not to exceed 90 days. (5) VEHICLE OR RENTAL VEHICLE. A motor vehicle
of the private passenger type (including passenger vans, minivans, and sport utility vehicles)
and of the cargo type (including cargo vans, pickup trucks, and trucks with gross vehicle
weight of less than 26,000 pounds, which do not require the operator to...
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15-20A-4
Section 15-20A-4 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have
the following meanings: (1) ADULT SEX OFFENDER. A person convicted of a sex offense. (2) CHILD.
A person who has not attained the age of 12. (3) CHILDCARE FACILITY. A licensed child daycare
center, a licensed childcare facility, or any other childcare service that is exempt from
licensing pursuant to Section 38-7-3, if it is sufficiently conspicuous that a reasonable
person should know or recognize its location or its address has been provided to local law
enforcement. (4) CONVICTION. A verdict or finding of guilt as the result of a trial, a plea
of guilty, a plea of nolo contendere, or an Alford plea regardless of whether adjudication
was withheld. Conviction includes, but is not limited to, a conviction in a United States
territory, a conviction in a federal or military tribunal, including a court martial conducted
by the Armed Forces of the United States, a conviction for an offense committed...
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27-31A-4
Section 27-31A-4 Risk retention groups not chartered in this state. Risk retention groups chartered
and licensed in states other than this state and seeking to do business as a risk retention
group in this state shall comply with the laws of this state as follows: (1) NOTICE OF OPERATIONS
AND DESIGNATION OF COMMISSIONER AS AGENT. a. Before offering insurance in this state, a risk
retention group shall submit to the commissioner both of the following: 1. A statement identifying
the state or states in which the risk retention group is chartered and licensed as a liability
insurance company, charter date, its principal place of business, and other information, including
information on its membership, as the commissioner of this state may require to verify that
the risk retention group is qualified pursuant to subdivision (11) of Section 27-31A-2. 2.
A copy of its plan of operations or feasibility study and revisions of the plan or study submitted
to the state in which the risk retention...
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