Alabama § 27-3-14 Deposit Requirements - Alien Insurers - Generally

Alabama Statutes

§ 27-3-14 — Deposit Requirements - Alien Insurers - Generally

Alabama § 27-3-14

Title 27Insurance

Ch. 3Authorization of Insurers

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Ala. Code § 27-3-14 (2026).

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(a)An alien insurer shall not have authority to transact insurance in this state unless it has and maintains within the United States as deposits with trustees, public depositaries or in trust institutions approved by the commissioner under Section 27-3-15 assets available for discharge of its United States insurance obligations, which assets shall be in amount not less than the outstanding liabilities of the insurer arising out of its insurance transactions in the United States together with the greater of the following sums:

(1)The largest deposit required by Section 27-3-11 to be made by foreign insurers transacting like kinds of insurance; or

(2)$300,000.00.

(b)Of the amount deposited by an alien insurer, an amount not less than that required under subdivisions (a)(1) or (a)(2) of

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(a) An alien insurer shall not have authority to transact insurance in this state unless it has and maintains within the United States as deposits with trustees, public depositaries or in trust institutions approved by the commissioner under Section 27-3-15 assets available for discharge of its United States insurance obligations, which assets shall be in amount not less than the outstanding liabilities of the insurer arising out of its insurance transactions in the United States together with the greater of the following sums:
(1) The largest deposit required by Section 27-3-11 to be made by foreign insurers transacting like kinds of insurance; or
(2) $300,000.00.
(b) Of the amount deposited by an alien insurer, an amount not less than that required under subdivisions (a)(1) or (a)(2) of this section shall be deposited and maintained on deposit in cash or securities eligible for deposit under Section 27-6-3 with the Treasurer of this state or with or through the public official having supervision of insurance in another state and shall be held in trust exclusively for the benefit and protection of the insurer’s policyholders or policyholders and creditors in the United States.
(c) The amount so held on deposit under subdivisions (a)(1) or (a)(2) of this section shall, for the purposes of this title, be deemed to be the paid-in capital, if a stock insurer, or minimum surplus, if a mutual insurer, of the insurer required to be maintained.
(d) If the insurer transacts surety insurance in this state, it shall make and maintain in this state the special deposit required under Section 27-3-12.
(e) Any such deposit made in this state shall be subject to the applicable provisions of Chapter 6 of this title; except, that if this state is the state of entry into the United States of the alien insurer the deposit shall be subject to the provisions of Chapter 33 of this title.