(a) No person shall engage in the business of financing insurance premiums in this state without first having obtained a license as a premium finance company from the commissioner. Any person who shall engage in the business of financing insurance premiums in this state without first having obtained a license as provided herein shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000.00 or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.
(b) The annual license fee shall be $200.00; provided, that an insurance agency which finances its own business of less than $150,000.00 in premiums annually shall pay a fee of $50.00. The fee for said license shall be paid into the Insurance Department Examination Revolving Fund and the same is hereby appropriated for that use.
(c) The person to whom the license or the renewal thereof may be issued shall file sworn answers subject to the penalties of perjury to such interrogatories as the commissioner may require. The commissioner shall have authority at any time to require the applicant fully to disclose the identity of all stockholders, partners, officers, and employees and he may in his discretion refuse to issue or renew a license in the name of any firm, partnership, or corporation if he is not satisfied that any officer, employee, stockholder, or partner thereof who may materially influence the applicant's conduct meets the standards of this section.
Structure Code of Alabama
Chapter 40 - Insurance Premium Finance Companies.
Section 27-40-1 - Definitions.
Section 27-40-2 - Exemptions From Chapter.
Section 27-40-3 - Licenses - Required; Fees; Information to Be Furnished Commissioner.
Section 27-40-4 - Licenses - Investigation and Qualifications of Applicant; Issuance.
Section 27-40-5 - Licenses - Suspension or Revocation.
Section 27-40-6 - Books and Records.
Section 27-40-7 - Promulgation and Enforcement of Rules and Regulations.
Section 27-40-8 - Contents and Style of Premium Finance Agreement.
Section 27-40-9 - Service Charges; Prepayment of Obligation.
Section 27-40-10 - Delinquency and Cancellation Charges.
Section 27-40-11 - Procedure for Cancellation of Insurance Contract Upon Default.
Section 27-40-12 - Return of Gross Unearned Premiums Upon Cancellation of Contract.
Section 27-40-13 - Filing of Agreement.
Section 27-40-14 - Exclusive Jurisdiction of Department of Insurance.
Section 27-40-17 - Notification of Existence of Premium Finance Agreement.
Section 27-40-18 - Delivery of Copy of Premium Finance Agreement to Insured.