Code of Alabama
Chapter 27 - Organization and Corporate Procedures of Stock and Mutual Insurers.
Section 27-27-26 - Pecuniary Interests of Officers, etc., of Domestic Insurers.

(a) No officer or director of a domestic insurer, and no member of any committee or employee of a domestic insurer who is charged with the duty of investing or handling the funds of the insurer, shall do any of the following:
(1) Deposit or invest the funds except in the corporate name of the insurer; except, that the insurer may for its convenience hold any equity investment in a street name or in the name of a nominee.
(2) Borrow the funds of the insurer.
(3) Be pecuniarily interested in any loan, pledge or deposit, security, investment, sale, purchase, exchange, reinsurance, or other similar transaction or property of the insurer except as follows:
a. As a stockholder or member of the insurer.
b. As a holder or owner of common stock or equity-like preferred stock in any corporation or business entity trading on a national or international stock exchange.
c. As a holder or owner of shares of mutual funds, bond funds, or private equity funds registered with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
d. As a holder or owner of bonds and other evidences of indebtedness of governmental units in the United States or Canada or private business entities domiciled in the United States or Canada.
e. As a holder or owner of bonds and other evidences of indebtedness of international development organizations of which the United States is a member.
(4) Take or receive to his or her own use any fee, brokerage, commission, gift, or other consideration for, or on account of, any such transaction made by, or on behalf of, the insurer.
(b) No insurer shall guarantee any financial obligation of any of its officers or directors.
(c) This section shall not prohibit such a director, or officer, or member of a committee or employee from becoming a policyholder of the insurer and enjoying the usual rights so provided for its policyholders, nor shall it prohibit any officer, director, or member of a committee or employee from participating as beneficiary in any pension trust, deferred compensation plan, profit-sharing plan, or stock option plan authorized by the insurer and to which he or she may be eligible, nor shall it prohibit any director or member of a committee from receiving a reasonable fee for legal services actually rendered to the insurer.
(d) The commissioner may, by regulations from time to time, define and permit additional exceptions to the prohibition contained in subsection (a) of this section solely to enable payment of reasonable compensation to a director who is not otherwise an officer or employee of the insurer, or to a corporation or firm in which a director is interested, for necessary services performed or sales or purchases made to, or for, the insurer in the ordinary course of the business of the insurer and in the usual private professional or business capacity of the director or the corporation or firm.

Structure Code of Alabama

Code of Alabama

Title 27 - Insurance.

Chapter 27 - Organization and Corporate Procedures of Stock and Mutual Insurers.

Section 27-27-1 - Definitions.

Section 27-27-2 - Applicability of Chapter.

Section 27-27-3 - Power of Domestic Insurers to Indemnify Directors, Etc.

Section 27-27-4 - Solicitation Permit - Requirement.

Section 27-27-5 - Solicitation Permit - Application.

Section 27-27-6 - Solicitation Permit - Approval or Denial.

Section 27-27-7 - Solicitation Permit - Issuance; Contents; Compliance With Terms.

Section 27-27-8 - Solicitation Permit - Effect of Granting Permit.

Section 27-27-9 - Solicitation Permit - Modification or Revocation.

Section 27-27-10 - Solicitation Permit - Bond or Deposit in Lieu Thereof; Waiver of Same.

Section 27-27-11 - Licensing of Securities Salesmen.

Section 27-27-12 - Deposit of Solicitation Permit Funds in Escrow - Requirement.

Section 27-27-13 - Deposit of Solicitation Permit Funds in Escrow - Withdrawal and Refund.

Section 27-27-14 - Solicitation Permit for Subsequent Financing.

Section 27-27-15 - Domestic Mutual Insurers - Authorization to Transact Insurance.

Section 27-27-16 - Domestic Mutual Insurers - Bond or Deposit in Lieu Thereof.

Section 27-27-17 - Domestic Mutual Insurers - Solicitation of Qualifying Applications for Insurance.

Section 27-27-18 - Domestic Mutual Insurers - Deposit in Trust of Premiums or Fees on Qualifying Applications.

Section 27-27-19 - Domestic Mutual Insurers - Failure to Complete Organization.

Section 27-27-20 - Domestic Mutual Insurers - Authorization to Transact Additional Kinds of Insurance.

Section 27-27-21 - Domestic Mutual Insurers - Membership.

Section 27-27-22 - Domestic Mutual Insurers - Bylaws.

Section 27-27-23 - Directors of Domestic Insurers - Number; Election; Qualifications.

Section 27-27-24 - Directors of Domestic Insurers - Removal; Vacancies.

Section 27-27-25 - Corrupt or Dishonest Practices in Meeting of Stockholders or Members.

Section 27-27-26 - Pecuniary Interests of Officers, etc., of Domestic Insurers.

Section 27-27-27 - Exclusive Management and Production of Business Contracts by Domestic Insurers.

Section 27-27-28 - Notice of Change of Directors, Etc.

Section 27-27-29 - Principal Place of Business and Home Office of Domestic Insurers; Maintenance of Assets in State; Removal of Records or Assets; Exceptions.

Section 27-27-30 - Voucher or Other Document for Disbursements.

Section 27-27-31 - Contingent Liability of Members of Domestic Mutual Insurers - Generally.

Section 27-27-32 - Contingent Liability of Members of Domestic Mutual Insurers - Levy of Assessments.

Section 27-27-33 - Collection of Assessments by Insurers.

Section 27-27-34 - Nonassessable Policies in Mutual Insurers - Generally.

Section 27-27-35 - Nonassessable Policies in Mutual Insurers - Revocation of Domestic Insurers Authority to Issue.

Section 27-27-36 - Issuance of Participating or Nonparticipating Policies by Domestic Insurers.

Section 27-27-37 - Dividends - Domestic Stock Insurers.

Section 27-27-38 - Dividends - Domestic Mutual Insurers.

Section 27-27-39 - Dividends - Liability for Illegal Dividends by Domestic Insurers.

Section 27-27-40 - Loans by Domestic Insurers.

Section 27-27-41 - Deficiencies in Stock Insurer's Capital or Assets of Mutual Insurers - Generally.

Section 27-27-42 - Deficiencies in Stock Insurer's Capital or Assets of Mutual Insurers - Curing of Deficiency.

Section 27-27-43 - Mutualization of Stock Insurers.

Section 27-27-44 - Conversion of Mutual Insurer Into Stock Insurer.

Section 27-27-45 - Merger and Consolidations - Domestic Stock Insurers.

Section 27-27-46 - Merger and Consolidations - Domestic Mutual Insurers.

Section 27-27-47 - Bulk Reinsurance - Domestic Stock Insurers.

Section 27-27-48 - Bulk Reinsurance - Domestic Mutual Insurers.

Section 27-27-49 - Distribution of Assets Upon Liquidation of Domestic Mutual Insurer.

Section 27-27-49.1 - Recovery.

Section 27-27-50 - Extinguishment and Nullification of Domestic Insurers' Corporate Charter.

Section 27-27-51 - Rules and Regulations as to Securities of Domestic Stock Insurers.

Section 27-27-52 - Insider Trading of Domestic Stock Insurer Equity Securities - Short Title.

Section 27-27-53 - Insider Trading of Domestic Stock Insurer Equity Securities - Ownership Statements.

Section 27-27-54 - Insider Trading of Domestic Stock Insurer Equity Securities - Recovery of Certain Profits by Company.

Section 27-27-55 - Insider Trading of Domestic Stock Insurer Equity Securities - Unlawful Sales.

Section 27-27-56 - Insider Trading of Domestic Stock Insurer Equity Securities - Exemptions From Sections 27-27-54 and 27-27-55; Prescription of Terms and Conditions Thereon.

Section 27-27-57 - Insider Trading of Domestic Stock Insurer Equity Securities - Applicability of Sections 27-27-53 Through 27-27-55.

Section 27-27-58 - Insider Trading of Domestic Stock Insurer Equity Securities - Equity Securities - Defined.

Section 27-27-59 - Insider Trading of Domestic Stock Insurer Equity Securities - Equity Securities - Applicability of Sections 27-27-53 Through 27-27-55.

Section 27-27-60 - Insider Trading of Domestic Stock Insurer Equity Securities - Rules and Regulations.

Section 27-27-61 - Applicability of Corporation Statutes to Domestic Insurers.