If certain insurance coverages cannot be procured on terms acceptable to the insureds from authorized insurers, such coverages, designated “surplus lines,” may be procured from unauthorized insurers subject to the terms and conditions of either subdivisions (1) or (2) of this section:

(1)

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Terms Used In Alabama Code 27-10-20

• 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

a. The insurance must be procured through a licensed surplus line broker;

b. The full amount of insurance required must not be procurable, after diligent effort has been made to do so, from among the insurers authorized to transact and actually transacting that kind and class of insurance in this state or has been procured to the full extent such insurers are willing to insure;

c. The insurance must not be procured for the purpose of securing advantages as to a lower premium rate than would be accepted by an authorized insurer; and

d. This section, and this surplus line law, does not apply as to life insurance or disability insurance.