Nothing in this article shall apply to or affect:

(1) Any policy of liability or workmen’s compensation insurance, with or without supplementary expense coverage therein;

Terms Used In Alabama Code 27-19-1

  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • insured: as used in this article , shall not be construed as preventing a person other than the insured with a proper insurable interest from making application for and owning a policy covering the insured or from being entitled under such a policy to any indemnities, benefits, and rights provided therein. See Alabama Code 27-19-29
(2) Any group or blanket policy;
(3) Life insurance, endowment, or annuity contracts, or contracts supplemental thereto which contain only such provisions relating to disability insurance as:

a. Provide additional benefits in case of death or dismemberment or loss of sight by accident; or
b. Operate to safeguard such contracts against lapse or to give a special surrender value, or special benefit or an annuity in the event that the insured or annuitant becomes totally and permanently disabled, as defined by the contract or supplemental contract;
(4) Reinsurance; or
(5) Industrial insurance, which is disability insurance issued under policies sold on a debit basis, bearing the words “industrial policy” imprinted on the face of the policy as part of the descriptive matter, and with premiums payable monthly or more often.