Code of Alabama
Title 27 - Insurance.
Chapter 2 - Department and Commissioner of Insurance.

Article 1 - General Provisions.

Section 27-2-1 - Department of Insurance. - (a) There shall be a Department of Insurance of the...

Section 27-2-2 - Commissioner of Insurance - Appointment; Term; Qualifications. - (a) A Commissioner of Insurance shall be chief executive officer...

Section 27-2-3 - Commissioner of Insurance - Oath; Bond. - Before entering upon the duties of his office the commissioner...

Section 27-2-4 - Commissioner of Insurance - Salary; Duty Generally. - (a) The commissioner shall receive such annual salary as fixed...

Section 27-2-5 - Commissioner of Insurance - Official Seal. - (a) The commissioner shall have an official seal as heretofore...

Section 27-2-6 - Commissioner of Insurance - Offices. - (a) The commissioner's offices shall be located at the state...

Section 27-2-7 - Commissioner of Insurance - Powers and Duties. - The commissioner shall: (1) Organize, supervise, and administer the Department...

Section 27-2-7.1 - Commissioner of Insurance - Hearings on Automobile Insurance Rate Increases. - Subject to the discretion of the Commissioner of Insurance, any...

Section 27-2-8 - Commissioner of Insurance - Delegation of Powers, Etc. - (a) The commissioner may delegate to any deputy, assistant, examiner,...

Section 27-2-9 - Commissioner of Insurance - Annual Report. - As early as consistent with full and accurate preparation, the...

Section 27-2-10 - Appointment, etc., of State Fire Marshal, Assistants, etc.; Compensation and Bond Thereof; Contracting for Professional Services. - (a) Subject to the Merit System Act and rules and...

Section 27-2-11 - Assignment of Assistant Attorney General. - The Attorney General shall assign to the department an assistant...

Section 27-2-12 - Travel Expenses. - In addition to compensation for their services, the commissioner and...

Section 27-2-13 - Conflicts of Interest; Additional Compensation, Etc. - (a) The commissioner or any deputy, examiner, assistant, or employee...

Section 27-2-14 - Records, Documents, and Files - Custody; Inspection; Reproduction; Destruction. - (a) The commissioner shall keep and preserve in permanent form...

Section 27-2-15 - Records, Documents, and Files - Use as Evidence. - (a) Photographs or microphotographs in the form of film or...

Section 27-2-16 - Publication of Materials Relating to Insurance. - (a) The commissioner shall have printed or otherwise published for...

Section 27-2-17 - Rules and Regulations. - (a) The commissioner may make reasonable rules and regulations necessary...

Section 27-2-17.1 - Regulations to Provide for Biennial Renewal of Licenses. - The commissioner shall, by regulation, provide for the transition from...

Section 27-2-18 - Orders and Notices of Commissioner. - (a) Orders and notices of the commissioner shall be effective...

Section 27-2-19 - Enforcement of Insurance Code. - The commissioner may institute such actions or other proceedings as...

Section 27-2-20 - Examinations - Power Generally. - (a) If he has reason to believe that any such...

Section 27-2-21 - Examinations - Affairs, etc., of Insurers and Surplus Line Brokers. - (a) For the purpose of determining its financial condition, ability...

Section 27-2-22 - Examinations - Examiners. - (a) The commissioner may conduct any such examination in person...

Section 27-2-23 - Examinations - How Conducted. - (a) The examination may be conducted by the commissioner or...

Section 27-2-24 - Examinations - Report; Confidentiality of Information. - (a) The commissioner, or his or her examiner, shall make...

Section 27-2-25 - Examinations - Expenses. - (a) Each person being examined shall pay to the commissioner...

Section 27-2-26 - Witnesses and Evidence for Examination, Investigation or Hearing - Generally. - (a) As to the subject of any examination, investigation, or...

Section 27-2-27 - Witnesses and Evidence for Examination, Investigation, or Hearing - Compelling Testimony or Production of Documents, etc.; Immunity From Prosecution. - (a) If any individual asks to be excused from attending...

Section 27-2-28 - Hearings - Power to Hold. - (a) The commissioner may hold hearings for any purpose within...

Section 27-2-29 - Hearings - Notice. - (a) Except where a longer period of notice is provided...

Section 27-2-30 - Hearings - How Conducted. - (a) A hearing may be held in the department at...

Section 27-2-31 - Hearings - Order. - (a) In the conduct of hearings under this title and...

Section 27-2-32 - Hearings - Appeals. - (a) An appeal from the commissioner shall be taken only...

Section 27-2-33 - Order of Supervision - Authority of Commissioner; Reasons for Issuance. - The Commissioner of Insurance is empowered to place an insurance...

Section 27-2-34 - Order of Supervision - Appointment of Supervisor; Acts Which May Be Prohibited During Period of Supervision. - During the period of supervision the commissioner may appoint a...

Section 27-2-35 - Order of Supervision - Withdrawal of Order; Duration of Order. - The commissioner shall withdraw the supervision order immediately upon determination...

Section 27-2-36 - Order of Supervision - Effect on Rehabilitation, Liquidation, and Delinquency Proceedings. - The provisions of Chapter 32 of this title concerning rehabilitation...

Section 27-2-37 - Order of Supervision - Form and Content; Appeal. - The order of supervision issuing after the hearing shall follow...

Section 27-2-38 - Order of Supervision - Notice and Hearing as to Issuance. - No order of supervision shall be issued by the commissioner...

Section 27-2-39 - Creation of Insurance Department Fund; Payment of Fees, Etc. - THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2022-148 IN THE 2022...

Article 2 - Receivership Division.

Section 27-2-50 - Established; Appointment, Term of Office, and Compensation of Chief. - There is hereby established within the Department of Insurance a...

Section 27-2-51 - Bond of Chief. - The Chief of the Receivership Division shall make bond payable...

Section 27-2-52 - Offices, Equipment, and Personnel; Operating Expenses. - The Commissioner of Insurance shall furnish offices, equipment, operating expenses,...

Section 27-2-53 - Appointment of Chief as Receiver - Generally. - Upon the Commissioner of Insurance bringing delinquency proceedings against any...

Section 27-2-54 - Appointment of Chief as Receiver - Existing Receiverships. - The Commissioner of Insurance, as receiver in any existing receivership,...

Section 27-2-55 - Assumption by Receiver of Certain Former Powers, Duties, etc., of Commissioner. - All duties, rights, power, authority and responsibility placed upon the...