Title 27 — Title 27

For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) BUSINESS ENTITY. A corporation, association, partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or other legal entity. (2) COMMISSI…

Repealed by Act 2001-702, p. 1509, §16, effective January 1, 2002. History: (Acts 1957, No. 530, p. 726, §6; Acts 1971, No. 407, p. 707, §125; Acts 1988, No. 88-123, p. 159, §1.)

Examinations. Repealed by Act 2001-702, p. 1509, §16, effective January 1, 2002. History: (Acts 1991, No. 91-483, p. 875, §2.)

Repealed by Act 2001-702, p. 1509, §16, effective January 1, 2002. History: (Acts 1957, No. 530, p. 726, §6; Acts 1971, No. 407, p. 707, §126; Acts 1982, No. 82-401, p. 606, §1; Acts 1988, No. 88-123, p. 159, §1.)

Repealed by Act 2001-702, p. 1509, §16, effective January 1, 2002. History: (Acts 1957, No. 530, p. 726, §8; Acts 1971, No. 407, p. 707, §127.)

Repealed by Act 2001-702, p. 1509, §16, effective January 1, 2002. History: (Acts 1957, No. 530, p. 726, §6; Acts 1971, No. 407, p. 707, §128; Acts 1988, No. 88-123, p. 159, §1.)

The commissioner shall, from time to time as an aid to the efficient administration of this chapter, consult with individuals experienced in the insurance business, to include officers, employees, managing general agents, managers, and licensed producers engaged in the business, …

(a) Unless denied licensure pursuant to Section 27-7-19, persons who have met the requirements of Sections 27-7-4.3 and 27-7-5 shall be issued an insurance producer license. An insurance producer may receive qualification for a license in one or more of the following lines of aut…

Authority. (a) Every license for the automobile and industrial fire lines of authority in force immediately prior to January 1, 2013, and existing under any law amended by Act 2012-312 is valid until its expiration date on or after January 1, 2013, unless earlier terminated in ac…

Repealed by Act 2001-702, p. 1509, §16, effective January 1, 2002. History: (Acts 1957, No. 530, p. 726, §6; Acts 1971, No. 407, p. 707, §130.)

Repealed by Acts 1991, No. 91-483, p. 875, §3, effective July 29, 1991. History: (Acts 1957, No. 530, p. 726, §6, Act 1971, No. 407, p. 707, §131.)

(a) The license of a producer or service representative shall state the name and address of the licensee, the personal identification number, date of issuance, the lines of authority, the expiration date, and any other information the commissioner deems necessary. (b) Licensees s…

Repealed by Act 2001-702, p. 1509, §16, effective January 1, 2002. History: (Acts 1971, No. 407, p. 707, §133; Acts 1988, No. 88-123, p. 159, §1.)

(a) The commissioner may place on probation, refuse to issue or renew, suspend, or revoke the license of any licensee under this chapter, or may levy a civil penalty in accordance with subsection (c), or any combination of actions, for any one or more of the following causes: (1)…

(a) This chapter governs the qualifications and procedures for the licensing of insurance producers and service representatives. It simplifies and organizes some statutory language to improve efficiency, permits the use of new technology, and reduces costs associated with issuing…

Repealed by Act 2012-312, §5, effective January 1, 2013. History: (Acts 1957, No. 530, p. 726, §11; Acts 1971, No. 407, p. 707, §152.)

Repealed by Act 2012-312, §5, effective January 1, 2013. History: (Acts 1957, No. 530, p. 726, §9; Acts 1971, No. 407, p. 707, §153.)

(a) All licenses issued under this chapter, though issued to a licensee, at all times are the property of the State of Alabama, and upon notice of any suspension, revocation, refusal to renew, expiration, or other termination of the license, the licensee, or other person having p…

(a) The commissioner may, in his or her discretion, issue a temporary producer license without requiring an examination or prelicensing course if the commissioner deems the temporary license is necessary for the servicing of an insurance business in any of the following cases: (1…

(a) The commissioner may, in his or her discretion, issue a temporary license as producer to an applicant who is qualified for the license except as to having taken and passed a written examination therefor, if the applicant is actively engaged in a course of study, instruction, …

Repealed by Act 2001-702, p. 1509, §16, effective January 1, 2002. History: (Acts 1957, No. 530, p. 726, §12; Acts 1971, No. 407, p. 707, §137.)

Repealed by Act 2001-702, p. 1509, §16, effective January 1, 2002. History: (Acts 1971, No. 407, p. 707, §139.)

(a) Unless denied licensure pursuant to Section 27-7-19, a nonresident person shall receive a nonresident producer license if all of the following are satisfied: (1) The person has submitted or transmitted to the commissioner a copy of the application for licensure that the perso…

(a) Each licensed nonresident producer shall be considered to have performed acts equivalent to and constituting an appointment of the commissioner as his or her attorney to receive service of legal process issued against the nonresident producer in this state upon causes of acti…

(a) An individual who applies for an insurance producer license in this state who was previously licensed for the same lines of authority in another state shall not be required to complete any prelicensing education or examination. This exemption is only available if the person i…

An insurance producer doing business under any name other than the producer’s legal name is required to notify the commissioner prior to using the assumed name. History: (Act 2001-702, p. 1509, §6.)

Repealed by Act 2001-702, p. 1509, §16, effective January 1, 2002. History: (Acts 1971, No. 407, p. 707, §140; Acts 1988, No. 88-123, p. 159, §1.)

(a) Each insurer appointing a producer in this state shall file with the commissioner, in a format approved by the commissioner, a notice of appointment within 15 days from the date the agency contract is executed or the first insurance application is submitted, whichever occurs …

(a) Within 15 days after making the notification required by subsection (e) of Section 27-7-30, the insurer shall mail a copy of the notification to the producer at his or her last known address. If the producer is terminated for cause for any of the reasons listed in Section 27-…

(a) In the absence of actual malice, an insurer, the authorized representative of the insurer, a producer, the commissioner, or an organization of which the commissioner is a member and that compiles the information and makes it available to other insurance commissioners or regul…

(a) Any documents, materials, or other information in the control or possession of the department that is furnished by an insurer, producer, or an employee or agent thereof acting on behalf of the insurer or producer, or obtained by the commissioner in an investigation pursuant t…

An insurer, the authorized representative of the insurer, or producer that fails to report as required under the provisions of Section 27-7-30, or that is found to have reported with actual malice by a court of competent jurisdiction may, after notice and hearing, have its licens…

Repealed by Act 2001-702, p. 1509, §16, effective January 1, 2002. History: (Acts 1957, No. 530, p. 726, §3; Acts 1971, No. 407, p. 707, §145; Acts 1988, No. 88-123, p. 159, §1.)

Repealed by Act 2001-702, p. 1509, §16, effective January 1, 2002. History: (Acts 1957, No. 530, p. 726, §13; Acts 1971, No. 407, p. 707, §143.)

(a) A producer shall keep for a period of not less than three years, or two years for business produced under limited lines credit insurance authority, at his or her place of business complete records pertaining to transactions under the producer’s license. (b) Upon the commissio…

(a) On an occasional basis, a producer may place with an insurer for which he or she is not appointed only a kind of insurance or classification thereof for which the producer is licensed by placing the insurance through a duly appointed producer of the insurer. (b) In addition t…

(a) No licensee shall divide with others or share in any commissions payable on account of the exercise of a license under this title except a producer may divide or share in the commissions with other producers licensed as to the same kinds of insurance or classifications thereo…

(a) An insurance company or insurance producer shall not pay a commission, service fee, brokerage, or other valuable consideration to a person for selling, soliciting, or negotiating insurance in this state if that person is required to be licensed under this chapter and is not s…

(a) All premiums, return premiums, or other funds belonging to others received by a producer in transactions under the producer’s license shall be trust funds so received by the licensee in a fiduciary capacity, and the licensee in the applicable regular course of business shall …

(a) The department shall institute a proceeding against a licensee for the imposition of licensee penalties by filing and serving a complaint as to the licensee, giving notice thereof to the licensee and all insurers the licensee is licensed or appointed to represent. (b)(1) Any …

(a) Any communications, complaint, evidence, testimony, document, deposition, affidavit, statement, or other proof filed, given, or proffered at the hearing provided for in Section 27-7-37 shall be absolutely privileged to the same extent as in a court of law and shall never form…

(a) A producer shall report to the commissioner any administrative action taken against the producer in another jurisdiction or by another governmental agency in this state within 30 days of the final disposition of the matter. This report shall include a copy of the order, conse…

(a) No person shall in this state sell, solicit, or negotiate insurance for any class or classes of insurance unless the person is then licensed for that line of authority in accordance with this chapter. Any insurer accepting business directly from a person not licensed for that…

(a) No insurer or producer shall pay, directly or indirectly, any commission or other valuable consideration to any person for services as a producer or service representative within this state unless the person holds a currently valid license as a producer or service representat…

(a) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require an insurer to obtain an insurance producer license. In this section, the term “insurer” does not include an insurer’s officers, directors, employees, subsidiaries, or affiliates. (b) A license as an insurance producer shal…

(a) A resident individual applying for an insurance producer license shall pass a written examination unless exempt pursuant to Section 27-7-5 or 27-7-29.1. The examination shall test the knowledge of the individual concerning the lines of authority for which application is made,…

(a) In order to make a determination of insurance producer license eligibility, the commissioner is authorized to require fingerprints of initial resident applicants for an insurance producer license and to submit the fingerprints and the fee required to perform the criminal hist…

All fines collected pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited to the credit of the State General Fund. History: (Act 2001-702, p. 1509, §12.)

(a) Every agent, broker, and solicitor license in force immediately prior to January 1, 2002, and existing under any law repealed or amended by Act 2001-702, is valid until its original expiration date, unless earlier terminated in accordance with applicable law. Upon the first r…

Any law of this state remaining in force after January 1, 2002, which refers to an insurance agent or broker required prior to January 1, 2002, to be licensed in accordance with Chapter 7 or Chapter 8 of this title shall be deemed a reference to an insurance producer required to …