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Home » US Law » 2022 Code of Alabama » Title 27 - Insurance. » Chapter 5A - Reinsurance Intermediaries. » Section 27-5A-11 – Penalties and Liabilities.

Section 27-5A-11

Penalties and liabilities.

(a) A reinsurance intermediary, insurer, or reinsurer found by the commissioner, after a hearing conducted in accordance with Section 27-2-28, to be in violation of this chapter, shall:

(1) For each separate violation, pay a penalty in an amount not exceeding $5,000.

(2) Be subject to revocation or suspension of its license.

(3) If a violation was committed by the reinsurance intermediary, the reinsurance intermediary shall make restitution to the insurer, reinsurer, rehabilitator, or liquidator of the insurer or reinsurer for the net losses incurred by the insurer or reinsurer attributable to such violation.

(b) The decision, determination, or order of the commissioner pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be subject to judicial review pursuant to Section 27-2-32.

(c) Nothing contained in this section shall affect the right of the commissioner to impose any other penalties provided in the insurance law.

(d) Nothing contained in this chapter is intended to or shall in any manner limit or restrict the rights of policyholders, claimants, creditors, or other third parties or confer any rights to those persons.

(Acts 1993, No. 93-673, p. 1215, §11.)