Prior to the payment of the accelerated benefit, the insurer is required to obtain from any assignee or irrevocable beneficiary a signed acknowledgement of concurrence for payout. If the insurer making the accelerated benefit is itself the assignee under the policy, no such acknowledgement is required.

Author: Commissioner of Insurance

Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §27-2-17.

History: New: September 23, 1996; effective January 1, 1997. Filed for codification in the Alabama Administrative Code by the Department of Insurance on November 14, 2005, pursuant to the Code of Ala. 1975, §27-7-43.