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  6. HB354 Alabama 2020 Session

HB354 Alabama 2020 Session

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  • 3 Bill Actions
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Bill Summary

Sponsors
  • Kerry Rich
Session
Regular Session 2020
Title
Insurance, to provide for opinion of appointed actuary, to permit an insurer to apply for an exception for annual actuarial opinion requirement, Sec. 27-3-26.1 am'd.
Description

Under existing law, property and casualty insurers are required to annually file a statement of a qualified independent loss reserve specialist setting forth an opinion relating to loss and loss adjustment expense reserves

This bill would provide for an opinion of an appointed actuary and authorize insurers to allow for an exception from the requirement to annually file an actuarial opinion based on exemptions set forth in the annual statement instructions provided by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners

Relating to insurance, to amend Section 27-3-26.1, Code of Alabama 1975; to provide for an opinion of an appointed actuary; and to permit an insurer to apply for an exception to the requirement for property and casualty insurers to annually file an actuarial opinion based on exemptions set forth in the annual statement instructions provided by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.

Subjects
Insurance

Bill Text

Note: Bills that change current law do not show the amended text correctly below. Please view Original PDF to see amended sections: HB354 Alabama 2020 Session - Introduced - PDF

Under existing law, property and casualty insurers are required to annually file a statement of a qualified independent loss reserve specialist setting forth an opinion relating to loss and loss adjustment expense reserves

This bill would provide for an opinion of an appointed actuary and authorize insurers to allow for an exception from the requirement to annually file an actuarial opinion based on exemptions set forth in the annual statement instructions provided by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners

Relating to insurance, to amend Section 27-3-26.1, Code of Alabama 1975; to provide for an opinion of an appointed actuary; and to permit an insurer to apply for an exception to the requirement for property and casualty insurers to annually file an actuarial opinion based on exemptions set forth in the annual statement instructions provided by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.

Section 1

Section 27-3-26.1, Code of Alabama 1975, is amended to read as follows:

§27-3-26.1.

(a) Every property or casualty insurer required to file an annual statement with the commissioner on March 1 of each year preceding, pursuant to Section 27-3-26, doing business in this state, unless otherwise exempted by the domiciliary commissioner, shall include a statement of a qualified independent loss reserve specialist setting forth his or her annually submit the opinion of an appointed actuary relating to loss and loss adjustment expense reserves entitled Statement of Actuarial Opinion. This opinion shall be filed in accordance with the appropriate annual statement instructions of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC). For the purposes of this section, a qualified independent loss reserve specialist shall mean a person who is not a principal, director, or indirect owner of the insurer and is a member of the Casualty Actuarial Society, or has such other actuarial experience as is acceptable to the commissioner to assure a professional opinion on the adequacy of loss and loss adjustment expense reserves.

(b) An insurer may apply for an exemption from this requirement with its domiciliary commissioner, as provided in the appropriate NAIC annual statement instruction or as those instructions may change from time to time.

(c) For purposes of this section "domiciliary commissioner" means the chief insurance regulator for the jurisdiction in which the insurer is domiciled."

Section 2

This act shall become effective on the first day of the third month following its passage and approval by the Governor, or its otherwise becoming law.

Bill Actions

Action Date Chamber Action
March 5, 2020 H Pending third reading on day 11 Favorable from Insurance
March 5, 2020 H Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
February 27, 2020 H Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Insurance

Bill Documents

Document Type Document Location
Bill Text http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2020RS/PrintFiles/HB354-int.pdf

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