§ 27-41-39 — Investments of Foreign and Alien Insurers; Cash Equivalents

Alabama § 27-41-39

• Jurisdiction: Alabama
• Title 27: Insurance
• Ch. 41: Investments of Domestic Insurers and Health Maintenance Organizations

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(a) The investments of a foreign or alien insurer shall be as permitted by the laws of its domicile, but shall be of a quality and diversity substantially equivalent to that required of like domestic insurers under this chapter.
(b)(1) Cash equivalents are exempt from the limitations of this section.
(2) Cash equivalents means investments with a maturity of 90 days or less which are highly rated by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization recognized by the Commissioner of Insurance and which are highly liquid, readily convertible to known amounts of cash without penalty, and so near maturity that they present insignificant risk of change in value.

Legislative History

(Acts 1977, No. 408, p. 530, §40; Act 2013-197, p. 386, §1.)