As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(1) AGGREGATOR SITE. A website that provides access to information regarding insurance products from more than one insurer, including product and insurer information, for use in comparison shopping.

Terms Used In Alabama Code 27-64-3

  • Attorney-at-law: A person who is legally qualified and licensed to practice law, and to represent and act for clients in legal proceedings.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • following: means next after. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • 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
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
(2) BLANKET TRAVEL INSURANCE. A policy of travel insurance issued to any eligible group providing coverage for specific classes of persons defined in the policy with coverage provided to all members of the eligible group without a separate charge to individual members of the eligible group.
(3) CANCELLATION FEE WAIVER. A contractual agreement between a supplier of travel services and its customer to waive some or all of the non-refundable cancellation fee provisions of the supplier’s underlying travel contract with or without regard to the reason for the cancellation or form of reimbursement. A cancellation fee waiver is not insurance.
(4) ELIGIBLE GROUP. Two or more persons who are engaged in a common enterprise, or have an economic, educational, or social affinity or relationship, including, but not limited to, any of the following:

a. Any entity engaged in the business of providing travel or travel services, including, but not limited to, tour operators, lodging providers, vacation property owners, hotels and resorts, travel clubs, travel agencies, property managers, cultural exchange programs, and common carriers or the operator, owner, or lessor of a means of transportation of passengers, including, but not limited to, airlines, cruise lines, railroads, steamship companies, and public bus carriers, wherein with regard to any particular travel or type of travel or travelers, all members or customers of the group must have a common exposure to risk attendant to such travel.
b. Any college, school, or other institution of learning, covering students, teachers, employees, or volunteers.
c. Any employer covering any group of employees, volunteers, contractors, boards of directors, dependents, or guests.
d. Any sports team, camp, or sponsor thereof, covering participants, members, campers, employees, officials, supervisors, or volunteers.
e. Any religious, charitable, recreational, educational, or civic organization, or branch thereof, covering any group of members, participants, or volunteers.
f. Any financial institution or financial institution vendor, or parent holding company, trustee, or agent of or designated by one or more financial institutions or financial institution vendors, including account holders, credit card holders, debtors, guarantors, or purchasers.
g. Any incorporated or unincorporated association, including labor unions, having a common interest, constitution, and bylaws, and organized and maintained in good faith for purposes other than obtaining insurance for members or participants of the association covering its members.
h. Any trust or the trustees of a fund established, created, or maintained for the benefit of and covering members, employees, or customers, subject to the commissioner’s permitting the use of a trust and the state‘s premium tax provisions in Section 27-64-5 of one or more associations meeting the requirements of paragraph g.
i. Any entertainment production company covering any group of participants, volunteers, audience members, contestants, or workers.
j. Any volunteer fire department, ambulance, rescue, police, court, or any first aid, civil defense, or other such volunteer group.
k. Any preschool, day care institution for children or adults, or senior citizen club.
l. Any automobile or truck rental or leasing company covering a group of individuals who may become renters, lessees, or passengers defined by their travel status on the rented or leased vehicles. The common carrier, the operator, owner or lessor of a means of transportation, or the automobile or truck rental or leasing company, is the policyholder under a policy to which this provision applies.
m. Any other group where the commissioner has determined that the members are engaged in a common enterprise, or have an economic, educational, or social affinity or relationship, and that issuance of the policy would not be contrary to the public interest.
(5) FULFILLMENT MATERIALS. Documentation sent to the purchaser of a travel protection plan confirming the purchase and providing the travel protection plan’s coverage and assistance details.
(6) GROUP TRAVEL INSURANCE. Travel insurance issued to any eligible group.
(7) LIMITED LINES TRAVEL INSURANCE PRODUCER. Any of the following:

a. A licensed managing general agent or third party administrator.
b. A licensed insurance producer, including a limited lines producer.
c. A travel administrator.
(8) OFFER AND DISSEMINATE. To provide general information, including a description of the coverage and price, as well as processing the application, collecting premiums, and performing other non-licensable activities permitted by the state.
(9) PRIMARY CERTIFICATE HOLDER. A person who elects and purchases travel insurance under a group policy.
(10) PRIMARY POLICYHOLDER. A person who elects and purchases individual travel insurance.
(11) TRAVEL ADMINISTRATOR. A person who directly or indirectly underwrites, collects charges, collateral, or premiums from, or adjusts or settles claims on, residents of this state in connection with travel insurance, except that a person shall not be considered a travel administrator if that person’s only actions that would otherwise cause it to be considered a travel administrator are among any of the following:

a. An individual working for a travel administrator to the extent that the individual’s activities are subject to the supervision and control of the travel administrator.
b. An insurance producer selling insurance or engaged in administrative and claims-related activities within the scope of the producer’s license.
c. A travel retailer offering and disseminating travel insurance and registered under the license of a limited lines travel insurance producer in accordance with this chapter.
d. An individual adjusting or settling claims in the normal course of that individual’s practice or employment as an attorney-at-law and who does not collect charges or premiums in connection with insurance coverage.
e. A business entity that is affiliated with a licensed insurer while acting as a travel administrator for the direct and assumed insurance business of an affiliated insurer.
(12) TRAVEL ASSISTANCE SERVICES. Non-insurance services for which the customer is not indemnified based on a fortuitous event, and where providing the service does not result in transfer or shifting of risk that would constitute the business of insurance. Travel assistance services include, but are not limited to, security advisories, destination information, vaccination and immunization information services, travel reservation services, entertainment, activity and event planning, translation assistance, emergency messaging, international legal and medical referrals, medical case monitoring, coordination of transportation arrangements, emergency cash transfer assistance, medical prescription replacement assistance, passport and travel document replacement assistance, lost luggage assistance, concierge services, and any other service that is furnished in connection with planned travel. Travel assistance services are not insurance and not related to insurance.
(13) TRAVEL INSURANCE.

a. Insurance coverage for personal risks incident to planned travel, including, but not limited to, all of the following:

1. Interruption or cancellation of trip or event.
2. Loss of baggage or personal effects.
3. Damages to accommodations or rental vehicles.
4. Sickness, accident, disability, or death occurring during travel.
5. Emergency evacuations.
6. Repatriation of remains.
7. Any other contractual obligations to indemnify or pay a specified amount to the traveler upon determinable contingencies relating to travel as approved by the commissioner.
b. The term does not include either of the following:

1. Major medical plans that provide comprehensive medical protection for travelers with trips lasting six months or longer, including for example, those working overseas as an expatriate or military personnel being deployed.
2. Any other product that requires a specific insurance producer license.
(14) TRAVEL RETAILER. A business entity that makes, arranges, or offers travel and may offer and disseminate travel insurance as a service to its customers on behalf of and under the direction of a limited lines travel insurance producer.
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