(a) No contract providing dental service corporation benefits may be executed in this state unless the subscription rates outlined in said contract have been filed with and approved by the commissioner.
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 22-21-372

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • subscription: include a mark when the person cannot write, if his name is written near the mark, and witnessed by a person who writes his own name as a witness, and include with respect to corporate securities facsimile signature placed upon any instrument or writing with intent to execute or authenticate such instrument or writing. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(b) Subscription rates must be established and justified in accordance with generally accepted insurance principles, including but not limited to the experience or judgment of the corporation making the rate filing or actuarial computations.
(c) The commissioner may disapprove subscription rates that are excessive, inadequate or unfairly discriminatory. Rates are not unfairly discriminatory because they are averaged broadly among persons covered under group, blanket or franchise contracts.
(d) The commissioner may require the submission of whatever relevant information is deemed necessary in determining whether to approve or disapprove a filing made under this section or Section 22-21-371.
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