Alabama Code 27-41-15. Particular investments – Obligations of American and Canadian institutions generally
Terms Used In Alabama Code 27-41-15
- Fixed Rate: Having a "fixed" rate means that the APR doesn't change based on fluctuations of some external rate (such as the "Prime Rate"). In other words, a fixed rate is a rate that is not a variable rate. A fixed APR can change over time, in several circumstances:
- You are late making a payment or commit some other default, triggering an increase to a penalty rate
- The bank changes the terms of your account and you do not reject the change.
- The rate expires (if the rate was fixed for only a certain period of time).
- preceding: means next before. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
- 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
An insurer may invest in secured and unsecured obligations bearing interest at a fixed rate, with mandatory principal and interest being due at specified times, of any solvent institution engaged in any lawful business and existing under the laws of the United States or any state of the United States or Canada or any province thereof if the issuing institution has not defaulted in the payment of principal and interest on any of its fixed interest obligations during the five years preceding the date of investment; provided, that the obligations of an institution which has not been in existence for a period of five years shall be deemed eligible for investment under this section if the institution has not defaulted in the payment of principal and interest on any of its fixed obligations during the period of its existence and if such institution meets the other requisites of this chapter.