Title 27, Code of Alabama 1975
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 General Provisions.
Chapter 2 Department and Commissioner of Insurance.
Act 2022-148 (HB102, 2022 Regular Session). Creates the Center for Risk and Insurance Research Fund to be used to fund such a center with a state university to carry out research, education, and outreach regarding risk management and insurance issues; and amends Section 27-2-39 to credit a portion of certain fees, licenses, and taxes collected by the Commissioner to the fund.
Chapter 2A Disclosure of Material Transactions.
Chapter 2B Risk-Based Capital for Insurers.
Chapter 3 Authorization of Insurers.
Chapter 3A Health Care Service Utilization Review Act.
Chapter 4 Fees and Taxes.
Chapter 4A Insurance Premium Tax.
Chapter 5 Kinds of Insurance; Limits of Risk; Reinsurance.
Chapter 5A Reinsurance Intermediaries.
Chapter 5B Credit for Reinsurance.
Chapter 6 Administration of Deposits.
Chapter 6A Managing General Agents.
Chapter 6B Business Transacted with Producer Controlled Property and Casualty Insurer Law.
Chapter 7 Various Insurance Representatives.
Chapter 8 Repealed.
Chapter 8A Continuing Education Requirements.
Chapter 9 Repealed.
Chapter 9A Independent Adjusters.
Chapter 10 Unauthorized Insurers and Surplus Lines.
Chapter 11 Mail Order Insurance.
Chapter 12 Trade Practices Law.
Chapter 12A Insurance Fraud Investigation Unit and Crime Prevention Act.
Chapter 13 Rates and Rating Organizations.
Chapter 14 The Insurance Contract.
Chapter 15 Life Insurance and Annuity Contracts.
Act 2022-151 (HB-78, 2022 Regular Session). Amends Section 27-15-28.2, the standard nonforfeiture law for individual deferred annuities, to decrease the minimum interest rate to 15 basis points (0.15%) and make certain other minor changes; amends Sections 27-29-1, 27-29-3, 27-29-4 and 27-29-7, to revise the Insurance Holding Company act to, among other changes, provide for a group capital calculation and a liquidity stress test; and to amend Section 27-36A-20, the Standard Valuation Law, to revise the small company alternative valuation provisions.
Chapter 16 Industrial Life Insurance.
Chapter 17 Burial Insurance Policies.
Chapter 17A Preneed Funeral and Cemetery Act.
Chapter 18 Group Life Insurance.
Chapter 19 Disability Insurance Policies.
Chapter 19A Dental Care Services.
Chapter 20 Group and Blanket Disability Insurance.
Chapter 20A Alcoholism Treatment in Group Plans.
Chapter 21 Alabama Health Care Plan.
Chapter 21A Health Maintenance Organizations.
Chapter 21B Medical Support Health Care Access Act.
Chapter 22 Property Insurance Contracts.
Chapter 22A Portable Electronics Insurance.
Chapter 23 Casualty Insurance Contracts.
Chapter 24 Surety Insurance Contracts.
Chapter 25 Title Insurance.
Chapter 26 Medical Liability Insurance.
Chapter 27 Organization and Corporate Procedures of Stock and Mutual Insurers.
Chapter 28 Holding Companies.
Chapter 29 Insurance Holding Company Systems.
Chapter 29A Own Risk and Solvency Assessment.
Chapter 29B Corporate Governance Annual Disclosure.
Chapter 30 Mutual Aid Associations.
Chapter 31 Reciprocal Insurers.
Chapter 31A Risk Retention Act.
Chapter 31B Alabama Captive Insurers Act.
Chapter 31C Alabama Coastal Captive Insurance Company Act.
Chapter 31D Homeowners Insurance Discount for Windstorm Mitigation.
Chapter 31E Strengthen Alabama Homes Act.
Act 2022-147 (HB-39, 2022 Regular Session). Authorizes the Commissioner to make certain transfers from the Insurance Department Fund to the Strengthen Alabama Homes Fund. Revises the Strengthen Alabama Homes Act by adding Section 27-31E-4 to provide certain qualifications, standards, and requirements for licensed contractors to perform retrofitting work under the program.
Chapter 32 Rehabilitation, Reorganization, Conservation, and Liquidation of Insurers.
Chapter 33 Trusteed Assets of Alien Insurers.
Chapter 34 Fraternal Benefit Societies.
Chapter 35 Conversion of Fraternal Benefit Societies.
Chapter 36 Liabilities.
Chapter 36A Standard Valuation Law.
Act 2022-151 (HB-78, 2022 Regular Session). Amends Section 27-15-28.2, the standard nonforfeiture law for individual deferred annuities, to decrease the minimum interest rate to 15 basis points (0.15%) and make certain other minor changes; amends Sections 27-29-1, 27-29-3, 27-29-4 and 27-29-7, to revise the Insurance Holding Company act to, among other changes, provide for a group capital calculation and a liquidity stress test; and to amend Section 27-36A-20, the Standard Valuation Law, to revise the small company alternative valuation provisions.
Chapter 37 Assets.
Chapter 38 Separate Accounts and Variable Annuities.
Chapter 39 Automobile Clubs and Associations.
Chapter 40 Insurance Premium Finance Companies.
Chapter 41 Investments of Domestic Insurers and Health Maintenance Organizations.
Chapter 42 Insurance Guaranty Association.
Chapter 43 Legal Expense Insurance.
Chapter 44 Life and Disability Insurance Guaranty Association.
Chapter 45 Pharmaceutical Insurance Coverage.
Chapter 45A Alabama Pharmacy Benefits Manager Licensure and Regulation Act.
Chapter 46 Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist Coverage.
Chapter 47 Long-Term Care Insurance Contracts.
Chapter 48 Postpartum Care Coverage in Health Benefit Plans.
Chapter 49 Obstetricians and Gynecologists as Primary Care
Physician.
Chapter 50 Breast Cancer Screening Act.
Chapter 51 Licensed Physician Assistant Supervision Coverage.
Chapter 52 Alabama Health Insurance Plan and Alabama Small Employer Allocation Program.
Chapter 53 Genetic Testing for Cancer.
Chapter 54 Mental Illness Coverage in Health Benefit Plans.
Chapter 54A Autism Spectrum Disorder Coverage in Health Benefit Plans.
Chapter 55 Domestic Abuse Insurance Protection Act.
Chapter 56 Access to Eye Care Act.
Chapter 57 Colorectal Cancer Examinations.
Chapter 58 Prostate Cancer Early Detection Coverage.
Chapter 59 Chiropractic Coverage.
Chapter 60 Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact.
Chapter 61 Surplus Lines Insurance Multi-State Compliance Compact Act.
Chapter 62
Insurance Data Security Law.
Chapter 63 Coverage for Prescription Insulin Drugs.
Chapter 64 Travel Insurance Act.
Act 2022-152 (HB-235, 2022 Regular Session). Creates the Travel Insurance Act, revising licensing requirements for limited lines travel insurance, and other requirements relating to travel insurance, by repealing Section 27-7-5.2 and adding new Chapter 64.
Acts of the 2022 Legislative Session regarding insurance:
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Act 2022-147 (HB-39, 2022 Regular Session). Authorizes the Commissioner to make certain transfers from the Insurance Department Fund to the Strengthen Alabama Homes Fund. Revises the Strengthen Alabama Homes Act by adding Section 27-31E-4 to provide certain qualifications, standards, and requirements for licensed contractors to perform retrofitting work under the program.
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Act 2022-148 (HB102, 2022 Regular Session). Creates the Center for Risk and Insurance Research Fund to be used to fund such a center with a state university to carry out research, education, and outreach regarding risk management and insurance issues; and amends Section 27-2-39 to credit a portion of certain fees, licenses, and taxes collected by the Commissioner to the fund.
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Act 2022-151 (HB-78, 2022 Regular Session). Amends Section 27-15-28.2, the standard nonforfeiture law for individual deferred annuities, to decrease the minimum interest rate to 15 basis points (0.15%) and make certain other minor changes; amends Sections 27-29-1, 27-29-3, 27-29-4 and 27-29-7, to revise the Insurance Holding Company act to, among other changes, provide for a group capital calculation and a liquidity stress test; and to amend Section 27-36A-20, the Standard Valuation Law, to revise the small company alternative valuation provisions.
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Act 2022-152 (HB-235, 2022 Regular Session). Creates the Travel Insurance Act, revising licensing requirements for limited lines travel insurance, and other requirements relating to travel insurance, by repealing Section 27-7-5.2 and adding new Chapter 64.