Rates and Rating Organizations (27-13-1 to 27-13-122)
Alabama Code Title 27 (Insurance) Chapter 13
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Publisher. Legislative Services Agency of the Alabama Legislature (ALISON, alison.legislature.state.al.us)
Status. Code of Alabama, public domain (state government edict).
What this document is
Alabama Code Title 27 (Insurance) Chapter 13 - Rates and Rating Organizations (27-13-1 to 27-13-122) is a state statute published by Legislative Services Agency of the Alabama Legislature (ALISON, alison.legislature.state.al.us). It is one of the Alabama documents that insurance license exam questions are written from, including alabama property & casualty practice questions. This page summarizes it and points to the official version, which is the text to rely on.
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- Ala. Code Section 27-13-29 (Filing of Rating Systems with Department by Insurers; Requirement)
“every insurer shall, before using or applying any rate to any kind of insurance coming within the scope of this article, file with the department a copy of the rating system upon which such rate is based or by which such rate is fixed or determined. The filing required in this section may be made...”
- Ala. Code Section 27-13-20(8) (Definitions; Unreasonably High Rates)
“(8) UNREASONABLY HIGH RATES. No rate shall be held to be unreasonably high unless: a. Such rate is unreasonably high for the insurance provided; and b. A reasonable degree of competition does not exist in the area with respect to the classification to which such rate is applicable.”
- Ala. Code Section 27-13-32 (Hearings on Applications to Reduce Rates)
“If such rating organization or such insurer shall refuse to reduce such rate, the person or persons affected thereby may make a like application to the commissioner within 30 days after receipt of notice in writing that the application for reduction of rate has been denied by such rating...”
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