Title 27 — Title 27

This article applies to contracts of life insurance and annuities other than reinsurance, group life insurance, group annuities, industrial life, and burial insurance; except, that Sections 27-15-15, 27-15-24, 27-15-25, 27-15-28, and 27- 15-29 shall apply to industrial life insur…

In case the policy provides that the proceeds may be payable in installments which are determinable at issue of the policy, there shall be a table showing the amounts of the guaranteed installments. History: (Acts 1971, No. 407, p. 707, §355.)

There shall be a provision that unless the policy has been surrendered for its cash value, or its cash surrender value has been exhausted or the period of any extended insurance provided by the policy has expired, the policy will be reinstated at any time within three years after…

(a) There shall be a provision relative to the payment of premiums. (b) A premium may not be increased unless the policy or a document delivered with the policy contains a provision in writing placing the consumer on notice that the premium may be increased; provided that nothing…

(a) There shall be a provision that when a life insurance policy shall become a claim by the death of the insured, settlement shall be made upon receipt of due proof of death and, at the insurer’s option, surrender of the policy and proof of the interest of the claimant. If an in…

There shall be a title on the policy briefly describing the same. History: (Acts 1971, No. 407, p. 707, §359.)

A clause in any policy of life insurance or annuity contract providing that such policy or contract shall be incontestable after a specified period shall preclude only a contest of the validity of the policy or contract and shall not preclude the assertion at any time of defenses…

(a) No annuity or pure endowment contract, other than reversionary annuities, survivorship annuities, or group annuities and except as stated in this section, shall be delivered or issued for delivery in this state unless it contains in substance each of the provisions specified …

In an annuity or pure endowment contract, other than a reversionary, survivorship or group annuity, there shall be a provision that there shall be a period of grace of one month, but not less than 30 days, within which any stipulated payment to the insurer falling due after the f…

If any statements, other than those relating to age, sex, and identity, are required as a condition to issuing an annuity or pure endowment contract, other than a reversionary, survivorship, or group annuity and subject to Section 27-15-20, there shall be a provision that the con…

In an annuity or pure endowment contract, other than a reversionary, survivorship, or group annuity, there shall be a provision that the written contract shall constitute the entire contract between the parties or, if a copy of the application or a summary thereof is endorsed upo…

(a) No policy of life insurance other than industrial, group, and pure endowments, with or without return of premiums or of premiums and interest, shall be delivered or issued for delivery in this state unless it contains in substance all of the provisions required by Sections 27…

Age or Sex. In an annuity or pure endowment contract, other than a reversionary, survivorship, or group annuity, there shall be a provision that if the age or sex of the person, or persons, upon whose life, or lives, the contract is made, or of any of them, has been misstated, th…

If an annuity or pure endowment contract, other than a reversionary, survivorship, or group annuity, is participating, there shall be a provision that the insurer shall annually ascertain and apportion any divisible surplus accruing on the contract. History: (Acts 1971, No. 407, …

In an annuity or pure endowment contract, other than a reversionary, survivorship, or group annuity, there shall be a provision that the contract may be reinstated at any time within one year from the default in making stipulated payments to the insurer unless the cash surrender …

(a) Except as stated in this section, no contract for a reversionary annuity shall be delivered or issued for delivery in this state unless it contains in substance each of the following provisions: (1) Any such reversionary annuity contract shall contain the provisions specified…

(a) No policy of life insurance shall be delivered or issued for delivery in this state if it contains any of the following provisions: (1) A provision for a period shorter than that provided by statute within which an action may be commenced on such a policy; and (2) A provision…

A reinstated policy of life insurance or annuity contract may be contested on account of fraud or misrepresentation of facts material to the reinstatement only for the same period following reinstatement and with the same conditions and exceptions as the policy provides with resp…

Any life insurer shall have the power to hold under agreement the proceeds of any policy issued by it upon such terms and restrictions as to revocation by the policyholder and control by beneficiaries and with such exemptions from the claims of creditors of beneficiaries other th…

In determining the amount due under any life insurance policy heretofore or hereafter issued, deduction may be made of: (1) Any unpaid premiums or installments thereof for the current policy year due under the terms of the policy; and (2) The amount of principal and accrued inter…

Repealed by Act 2016-411, §3, effective January 1, 2017. History: (Acts 1981, No. 407, p. 707, §373; Acts 1979, No. 79-661, p. 1142, §1; Acts 1981, No. 81-783, p. 1347, §1.)

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…

Contracts Issued After June 30, 2006, or 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)(1) This section shall not apply to any reinsurance group annuity purchased under a…

(a) No insurer shall hereafter deliver or issue for delivery in this state any policy or contract providing for the establishment of its policyholders or members into divisions and classes and for payment of benefits from special funds created for such purpose to the oldest membe…

There shall be a provision that a grace period of 30 days or, at the option of the insurer, of one month of not less than 30 days shall be allowed within which the payment of any premium after the first may be made, during which period of grace the policy shall continue in full f…

There shall be a provision that the policy, exclusive, at the option of the insurer, of provisions relating to disability benefits or to additional benefits in the event of death by accident or accidental means, shall be incontestable, except for nonpayment of premiums, after it …

There shall be a provision that the policy, or the policy and the application or a summary of such application, if a copy of the application or a summary thereof is endorsed upon or attached to the policy when issued, shall constitute the entire contract between the parties and t…

This article shall be known and may be cited as the Unclaimed Life Insurance Benefits Act. History: (Act 2012-424, p. 1142, §1.)

(a) This article shall require recognition of the escheat or unclaimed property statutes of Alabama as they relate to the method of payment for life insurance death benefits regulated by the Department of Insurance. (b) This article shall apply only to life insurance policies, an…

The following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) COMMERCIALLY REASONABLE EFFORT. The plans, processes, or procedures necessary to confirm the death of the insured, contract owner or annuitant, or retained asset account holder against other available records and informat…

(a) An insurer shall perform a comparison of its insureds’ in-force life insurance policies, annuity contracts, and retained asset accounts against a death master file, to identify potential death master file matches of its insureds. Such comparison shall be completed by January …

There shall be a provision that if the age or sex of the insured or of any other person whose age or sex is considered in determining the premium has been misstated, any amount payable or benefit accruing under the policy shall be such as the premium would have purchased at the c…

There shall be a provision in participating policies that, beginning not later than the end of the third policy year, the insurer shall annually ascertain and apportion the divisible surplus, if any, that will accrue on the policy anniversary or other dividend date specified in t…

This article shall be known as the Standard Nonforfeiture Law for Life Insurance. History: (Act 2016-411, §1.)

For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) NAIC. The National Association of Insurance Commissioners. (2) OPERATIVE DATE OF THE VALUATION MANUAL. The January 1 of the first calendar year that the valuation manual as defined in Cha…

(a) In the case of policies issued on or after January 1, 1972, no policy of life insurance, except as set forth in Section 27-15-82, shall be delivered or issued for delivery in this state unless it shall contain in substance the following provisions, or corresponding provisions…

(a) Any cash surrender value available under the policy in the event of default in the premium payment due on any policy anniversary, whether or not required by Section 27-15-72, shall be an amount not less than the excess, if any, of the present value on such anniversary of the …

Any paid-up nonforfeiture benefit available under the policy in the event of default in the premium payment due on any policy anniversary shall be such that its present value as of such anniversary shall be at least equal to the cash surrender value then provided for by the polic…

(a)(1) This section shall not apply to policies issued on or after the operative date of Section 27-15-78, as defined therein. Except as provided in subsection (c), the adjusted premiums for any policy shall be calculated on an annual basis and shall be such uniform percentage of…

(a) This section shall not apply to ordinary policies issued on or after the operative date of Section 27-15-78, as defined therein. (b) In the case of ordinary policies issued on or after the operative date of this section, all adjusted premiums and present values referred to in…

(a) This section shall not apply to industrial policies to be issued on or after the operative date of Section 27-15-78, as defined therein. (b) The adjusted premiums and present values referred to in this article for all policies of industrial insurance shall be calculated on th…

Premium Method. (a) This section shall apply to all policies issued on or after the operative date of this section as defined herein. Except as provided in subsection (g), the adjusted premiums for any policy shall be calculated on an annual basis and shall be such uniform percen…

In the case of any plan of life insurance which provides for future premium determination, the amounts of which are to be determined by the insurer based on the estimates of future experience, or, in the case of any plan of life insurance which is of such a nature that minimum va…

(a) In case of policies issued on and after January 1, 1972, there shall be a provision that after the policy has a cash surrender value and while no premium is in default beyond the grace period for payment the insurer shall advance, on proper assignment or pledge of the policy …

Loans. (a) For purposes of this section the “published monthly average” means: (1) The Monthly Average of the Composite Yield on Seasoned Corporate Bonds as published by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., or any successor thereto; or (2) In the event that the Monthly Average of the…

Any cash surrender value and any paid-up nonforfeiture benefit available under the policy in the event of default in a premium payment due at any time other than on the policy anniversary shall be calculated with allowance for the lapse of time and the payment of fractional premi…

Policy Duration. (a) This section, in addition to all other applicable sections of this article, shall apply to all policies issued on or after January 1, 1985. Any cash surrender value available under the policy in the event of default in a premium payment due on any policy anni…

This article shall not apply to any of the following: (1) Reinsurance. (2) Group insurance. (3) Pure endowment. (4) Annuity or reversionary annuity contract. (5) Variable life insurance contract. (6) A term policy of uniform amount, which provides no guaranteed nonforfeiture or e…

For purposes of determining the applicability of this article, the age at expiry for a joint term life insurance policy shall be the age at expiry of the oldest life. History: (Act 2016-411, §1.)

In policies issued on and after the operative date of Section 27-15-28, there shall be a table showing in figures the loan value and the cash surrender values and nonforfeiture benefits in accordance with subdivision (b) (5) of Section 27-15-28, either during the first 20 policy …