BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF AL. v. PROTECTIVE LIFE INS. CO.

Civ. 5873.

527 So.2d 125 (1987)

BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF ALABAMA v. PROTECTIVE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Alabama Association of Life Insurance Companies, and Health Insurance Association of America.

Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied October 28, 1987.

Certiorari Denied June 24, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William I. Hill II of Hill, Hill, Carter, Franco, Cole & Black, Montgomery, William G. Sommerville, Jr., and Lawrence B. Clark, of Lange, Simpson, Robinson & Somerville, Birmingham, and James W. Rankin, G. Christian Kronberg, and Thomas D. Graber, of Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, Ill., for appellant.

Charles M. Crook and W. Joseph McCorkle, Jr., of Balch & Bingham, Montgomery, and Ryburn H. Bailey, Assoc. Gen. Counsel and John K. Wright, counsel for Protective Life Ins. Co., Birmingham, for appellees.


Alabama Supreme Court 87-152.

HOLMES, Judge.

This is an insurance case requiring statutory interpretation of certain laws pertaining to Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama (Blue Cross).

This case originated when Blue Cross filed a "Form A" with the commissioner of the Alabama Department of Insurance (commissioner), by which it sought his approval of its proposed acquisition of United Trust Life Insurance Company (United Trust), an Alabama life insurance...

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