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Ala. Code § 27-34-23 (2026)

Benefits - Generally.

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(a) A society authorized to do business in this state may provide for the payment of:

(1) Death benefits in any form;

(2) Endowment benefits;

(3) Annuity benefits;

(4) Temporary or permanent disability benefits as a result of disease or accident;

(5) Hospital, medical, or nursing benefits due to sickness or bodily infirmity or accident; and

(6) Monument or tombstone benefits to the memory of deceased members not exceeding in any case the sum of $300.00.

(b) Such benefits may be provided on the lives of members or, upon application of a member, on the lives of a member’s family, including the member, the member’s spouse, and minor children, in the same or separate certificates.

(Acts 1911, No. 476, p. 700; Acts 1931, No. 55, p. 71; Acts 1949, No. 680, p. 1050, §1; Acts 1971, No. 407, p. 707, §694.)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1999–1999 · leading case: Woodmen of the World Life Ins. Soc'y v. Harris, 740 So. 2d 362 (Ala. 1999).
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Woodmen of the World Life Ins. Soc'y v. Harris, 740 So. 2d 362 (Ala. 1999). “The only "benefits" that § 27-34-29(c) could refer to are those enunciated in § 27-34-23 ("Benefits-Generally"): "(a) A society authorized to do business in this state may provide for the payment of: "(1) Death benefits in any form; "(2) Endowment benefits; "(3) Annuity…”
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