AL Insurance Bulletin issued 2026-07-01
Termination of Bulletins 2025-01 and 2025-05
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ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE
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MONTGOMERY, AL 36130-3351
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GOVERNOR
KAY IVEY
COMMISSIONER
MARK FOWLER
DEPUTY COMMISSIONERS
LARRY CHAPMAN
RICHARD FIORE
DUSTY SMITH
TODRICK BURKS
CHIEF EXAMINER
SHEILA TRAVIS
STATE FIRE MARSHAL
SCOTT F. PILGREEN
GENERAL COUNSEL
REYN NORMAN
# TERMINATION OF BULLETINS 2025-01 AND 2025-05
TO: Entities interested in acting as captive insurers or domestic risk retention groups in Alabama; captive managers
FROM: Mark Fowler
Commissioner of Insurance
Mark Fowler
RE: Termination of Temporary Moratorium on Licensing or Registration of New Captive Insurers and Domestic Risk Retention Groups in Alabama
DATE: July 1, 2026
EFFECTIVE: Immediate
RESCINDS: Bulletins 2025-01 and 2025-05 and clarification [October 30, 2025]
As set forth in Department Bulletin 2025-05 [September 2, 2025], the temporary moratorium on the acceptance or processing of new filings for registration of captive insurance companies or domestic risk retention groups terminated on June 30, 2026. The moratorium period has not been extended. Prior Department Bulletins 2025-01 and 2025-05 and associated clarification [October 30, 2025] are rescinded.
Effective July 1, 2026, acceptance and processing of new filings for registration of captive insurance companies and domestic risk retention groups will be accepted and resolved in the ordinary course.
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