AL Insurance Bulletin No. 2026-01
Filing Requirements for the Group Capital Calculation
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KAY IVEY
GOVERNOR
MARK FOWLER
COMMISSIONER
STATE OF ALABAMA
DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE
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MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA 36130-3351
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DEPUTY COMMISSIONERS
JIMMY W. GUNN
LARRY CHAPMAN
RICHARD FIORE
DUSTY SMITH
CHIEF EXAMINER
SHEILA TRAVIS
STATE FIRE MARSHAL
SCOTT F. PILGREEN
GENERAL COUNSEL
REYN NORMAN
## BULLETIN NO. 2026-01
TO: Alabama Domiciled Insurers
Subject to Group Capital Calculation Requirement
FROM: Mark Fowler
Commissioner of Insurance
Mark Fowler
RE: Filing Requirements for the Group Capital Calculation
DATE: January 5, 2026
EFFECTIVE: Immediate
The purpose of this bulletin is to advise Alabama domiciled insurers subject to the group capital calculation provided for in Ala. Code § 27-29-4(l)(2), which became effective March 17, 2022, that this department now follows the filing requirements set forth in Section 21 of NAIC Model Regulation No. 450, the Insurance Holding Company System Model Regulation, which includes the authority to exempt the filing and to accept a limited filing, as authorized in Ala. Code § 27-29-4(l)(2)c, as well as authority to require a filing of any group that previously met an exemption or submitted a limited filing, as authorized in Ala. Code § 27-29-4(l)(2)d.
Notice has already been issued of a hearing to be held on February 5, 2026, to consider the adoption of new Section 18.2 of Alabama Insurance Regulation 55, to be new Rule 482-1-055-.18.2, which contains the filing requirements set forth in Section 21 of NAIC Model Regulation No. 450. The new provision is proposed to become effective February 15, 2026.
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