Alabama § 27-22-21 Policy and Premium Information to Be Submitted to the Department of Insurance

Alabama Statutes

§ 27-22-21 — Policy and Premium Information to Be Submitted to the Department of Insurance

Alabama § 27-22-21

Title 27Insurance

Ch. 22Property Insurance Contracts

Art. 2Property Insurance Clarity Act

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Ala. Code § 27-22-21 (2026).

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(a)Each insurance company authorized to transact homeowners insurance business in the State of Alabama shall annually submit to the department for homeowners insurance policies, computations of the total amount of direct incurred losses, the number of policies in force, and the direct earned premiums for the prior calendar year. The insurance company shall report the computations to the department by zip code. The information received by the department shall be aggregated across all insurance companies collectively and the aggregated totals shall be arranged by zip code. Homeowners insurance shall also include condominium insurance, dwelling fire policies, renters/tenants insurance, and mobile home/manufactured housing property insurance. Creditor-placed property insurance, condominium as

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(a) Each insurance company authorized to transact homeowners insurance business in the State of Alabama shall annually submit to the department for homeowners insurance policies, computations of the total amount of direct incurred losses, the number of policies in force, and the direct earned premiums for the prior calendar year. The insurance company shall report the computations to the department by zip code. The information received by the department shall be aggregated across all insurance companies collectively and the aggregated totals shall be arranged by zip code. Homeowners insurance shall also include condominium insurance, dwelling fire policies, renters/tenants insurance, and mobile home/manufactured housing property insurance. Creditor-placed property insurance, condominium association insurance, and commercial insurance are excluded from this article.
(b) Based upon the information submitted to or otherwise gathered by the department, the department shall compile and post on the department website the aggregated total of the computations provided in subsection (a) by zip code for the prior calendar year.
(c) Each insurance company authorized to transact homeowners insurance business in the state shall annually submit to the department computations of the direct incurred losses and the number of policies in force, by zip code, by calendar year for the prior calendar year, for each of the following perils:
(1) Fire.
(2) All nonhurricane wind/hail.
(3) Hurricane.
(4) All other perils.
(d) Each insurance company authorized to transact homeowners insurance business in the state shall submit to the department catastrophe wind/hail information pursuant to a data call by the department based on a specific catastrophic event.