(a) A producer who violates this chapter may be subject to the suspension or revocation of any insurance license held by the producer or civil penalties of up to five thousand dollars ($5,000) per violation, or both. Suspension or revocation of an insurance license or certificate of authority and the imposition of civil penalties shall be pursuant to action brought before the commissioner. Suspension or revocation of any insurance licenses and the imposition of civil penalties shall be pursuant to action brought before the commissioner in accordance with this title.

Attorney's Note

Under the Alabama Code, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Violationup to 30 daysup to $200
For details, see Ala. Code § 13A-5-7

Terms Used In Alabama Code 27-12A-8

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • 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
(b) An insurer who, with such frequency as to indicate its general business practice in this state, is in violation of this chapter may be subject to the suspension or revocation of any certificate of authority held by insurer or civil penalties of up to five thousand dollars ($5,000) per violation, or both. Suspension or revocation of a certificate of authority and the imposition of civil penalties shall be pursuant to action brought before the commissioner in accordance with Section 27-3-21 and subject to the right of appeal in accordance with Section 27-2-32.
(c) The commissioner shall also notify the proper licensing authority of a practitioner for the appropriate disciplinary action including the revocation or suspension of any professional license when a practitioner is convicted of a violation of this chapter and whose services are compensated in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, by insurance proceeds.