(a) An alien insurer may use Alabama as a state of entry to transact insurance in the United States by making and maintaining in this state a deposit of assets in trust with a solvent bank or trust company approved by the commissioner.

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Terms Used In Alabama Code 27-33-2

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • 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
  • United States: includes the territories thereof and the District of Columbia. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(b) The deposit, together with other trust deposits of the insurer held in the United States for the same purpose, shall be in amount not less than the deposits required of an alien insurer under Section 27-3-14 and shall consist of cash and/or securities eligible for the investment of the funds of like domestic insurers.
(c) Such a deposit may be referred to as “trusteed assets.”