SB299 Alabama 2013 Session

To repeal portions of Title 27 of the Code of Alabama 1975

Relating to the Alabama Insurance Code, to repeal the following: 27-6-14 (a) If for any reason the market value of assets and securities of an insurer held on deposit in this state under this title falls below the amount so required, the insurer shall promptly deposit other or additional assets or securities eligible for deposit sufficient to cure such deficiency. If the insurer has failed to cure the deficiency within 30 days after receipt of notice thereof by registered or certified mail from the commissioner, the commissioner shall revoke the insurer's certificate of authority. (b) If for any reason the market value of assets and securities of a domestic life insurer, representing deposit of the reserves of certain of its outstanding registered policies and registered annuity contracts under laws heretofore in force, falls below the amount so required and as determined from the insurer's most recent annual statement or most recent examination of the insurer by the commissioner, the insurer shall promptly deposit other or additional assets or securities eligible for deposit sufficient to cure such deficiency. If the insurer has failed to cure the deficiency, after the commissioner has given the insurer notice thereof by registered or certified mail, within such reasonable time not exceeding 90 days as may be allowed therefor by the commissioner and so specified in his notice, the insurer shall be deemed to be insolvent and the commissioner shall revoke its certificate of authority and institute delinquency proceedings against the insurer under Chapter 31 of this title. 27-6-15 (a) All deposits in this state made under this title shall be held on deposit as long as there is outstanding any liability of the insurer with respect to which the deposit was made. (b) Any such deposit shall be released and returned: (1) To the insurer upon extinguishment by reinsurance in an insurer authorized to transact such insurance in this state, or otherwise, of all liability of the insurer for the security of which the deposit is held; (2) To the insurer during solvency, to the extent such deposit is in excess of the amount required; or (3) Upon proper order of a court of competent jurisdiction, to the receiver, conservator, rehabilitator, or liquidator of the insurer or to any other properly designated official, or officials, who succeed to the management and control of the insurer's assets. (c) The Treasurer shall release any such deposit, or part thereof, upon written authorization of the commissioner and of the insurer or order of court, as provided in subsection (d) of Section 27-6-4. (d) In the case of deposits of title insurers made under Section 27-3-13, the deposit or excess portion thereof shall be released by the trustee bank or trust company upon written authorization of the commissioner or upon order of a court of competent jurisdiction. If a foreign title insurer which has made such a deposit reincorporates under the laws of the State of Alabama and qualifies under this code as a domestic title insurer and if all of the liabilities of such foreign insurer in this state are assumed by such new domestic insurer and the foreign insurer does not thereafter transact business in this state, its deposit shall be delivered by such trustee to such new domestic insurer upon its application and the written authorization of the commissioner. (e) This section shall not apply as to deposits held with respect to registered life insurance policies or registered annuity contracts insured under laws heretofore in force. Such deposits shall be released only as provided under the laws pursuant to which such policies and contracts were so issued and registered. 27-6-16 (a) Before authorizing the release of any deposit or excess portion thereof to the insurer, as provided in Section 27-6-15, the commissioner shall require the insurer to file with him a statement under its seal and the oath of its chief executive officer, or of its United States manager in the case of an alien insurer, setting forth the facts upon which it bases its entitlement to such release. (b) If release of the deposit is claimed by the insurer upon the ground that its liabilities in this state, as to which the deposit was originally made and is held, have been assumed by another insurer authorized to transact insurance in this state, the insurer shall file with the commissioner a copy of the contract or agreement of such reinsurance. (c) Upon being satisfied by such statement and such other information and evidence as he may reasonably require and by such examination, if any, of the affairs of the insurer as he deems advisable to make that the insurer is entitled to the release of its deposits or excess portions thereof as provided in Section 27-6-15, the commissioner shall authorize the Treasurer or the trustee bank or trust company in the case of deposits of title insurers made under Section 27-3-13 to release the deposit or excess portion thereof to the insurer or its authorized representative. The commissioner shall have no liability as to any such release so made by him in good faith. 27-6A-1 Sections 27-6A-2 through 27-6A-8, inclusive, of this chapter may be cited as the "Alabama Managing General Agents Act." 27-6A-2 As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) ACTUARY. A person who is a member in good standing of the American Academy of Actuaries. (2) INSURER. A person defined in subdivisions (2) and (3) of Section 27-1-2. (3) MANAGING GENERAL AGENT. Any person, firm, or association who does both of the following: a. Manages all or part of the insurance business of an insurer, including the management of a separate division, department, or underwriting office. b. Acts as a producer for an insurer whether known as a managing general agent, manager, or other similar term, who, with or without the authority, either separately or together with affiliates, produces, directly or indirectly, and underwrites an amount of gross direct written premium equal to or more than five percent of the policyholder surplus as reported in the last annual statement of the insurer in any one quarter or year together with one or more of the following activities related to the business produced: 1. Adjusts or pays claims in excess of an amount determined by the commissioner. 2. Negotiates reinsurance on behalf of the insurer. c. Notwithstanding the above, the following persons shall not be considered as managing general agents for the purposes of this chapter: 1. An employee of the insurer. 2. A United States manager of the United States branch of an alien insurer. 3. An underwriting manager who, pursuant to contract, manages all or part of the insurance operations of the insurer, is under common control with the insurer, subject to the Alabama Insurance Holding Company System Regulatory Act, Chapter 29, commencing with Section 27-29-1, of this title, and whose compensation is not