§ 27-2B-8 — Right to Departmental Hearing; Notification of Request for Hearing

Alabama § 27-2B-8

• Jurisdiction: Alabama
• Title 27: Insurance
• Ch. 2B: Risk-Based Capital for Insurers

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(a) An insurer shall have the right to a departmental hearing, on the record, at which the insurer may challenge a determination or action by the commissioner upon any of the following:
(1) Notification to an insurer by the commissioner of an adjusted RBC report.
(2) Notification to an insurer by the commissioner that:
a. The insurer’s RBC plan or revised RBC plan is unsatisfactory.
b. The notification constitutes a regulatory action level event with respect to the insurer.
(3) Notification to any insurer by the commissioner that the insurer has failed to adhere to its RBC plan or revised RBC plan and that the failure has a substantial adverse effect on the ability of the insurer to eliminate the company action level event with respect to the insurer in accordance with its RBC plan or revised RBC plan.
(4) Notification to an insurer by the commissioner of a corrective order with respect to the insurer.
(b) The insurer shall notify the commissioner of its request for a hearing within five days after the notification by the commissioner under subdivisions (1), (2), (3), or (4) of subsection (a). Upon receipt of the insurer’s request for a hearing, the commissioner shall set a date for the hearing, which date shall be no less than 10 nor more than 30 days after the date of the insurer’s request.

Legislative History

(Acts 1996, No. 96-784, p. 1426, §13.)