(a) Each insurance company authorized to transact homeowners insurance business in the State of Alabama shall annually submit to the department for homeowners insurance policies, computations of the total amount of direct incurred losses, the number of policies in force, and the direct earned premiums for the prior calendar year. The insurance company shall report the computations to the department by zip code. The information received by the department shall be aggregated across all insurance companies collectively and the aggregated totals shall be arranged by zip code. Homeowners insurance shall also include condominium insurance, dwelling fire policies, renters/tenants insurance, and mobile home/manufactured housing property insurance. Creditor-placed property insurance, condominium association insurance, and commercial insurance are excluded from this article.
property: includes both real and personal property. 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
year: means a calendar year; but, whenever the word "year" is used in reference to any appropriations for the payment of money out of the treasury, it shall mean fiscal year. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(b) Based upon the information submitted to or otherwise gathered by the department, the department shall compile and post on the department website the aggregated total of the computations provided in subsection (a) by zip code for the prior calendar year.(c) Each insurance company authorized to transact homeowners insurance business in the state shall annually submit to the department computations of the direct incurred losses and the number of policies in force, by zip code, by calendar year for the prior calendar year, for each of the following perils:
(1) Fire.(2) All nonhurricane wind/hail.(3) Hurricane.(4) All other perils.(d) Each insurance company authorized to transact homeowners insurance business in the state shall submit to the department catastrophe wind/hail information pursuant to a data call by the department based on a specific catastrophic event.
