1. (1) Insurers, general agents, independent agencies and producers shall maintain or be able to make available to the commissioner records of the information collected from the consumer, disclosures made to the consumer, including summaries of oral disclosures, and other information used in making the recommendations that were the basis for insurance transactions for three (3) years after the insurance transaction is completed by the insurer. An insurer is permitted, but shall not be required, to maintain documentation on behalf of a producer.
2. (2) Records required to be maintained by this chapter may be maintained in paper, photographic, microprocess, magnetic, mechanical or electronic media or by any process that accurately reproduces the actual document.

Author: Commissioner of Insurance

Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §§27-2-17; 27-12-1, et seq.

History: New Rule: May 19, 2006; effective January 1, 2007. Filed with LRS May 22, 2006. Rule is not subject to the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act. Amended: June 10, 2021; effective January 1, 2022. Filed with LRS June 10, 2021. Rule is not subject to the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act.