(a) The transaction of insurance by an unauthorized person or nonadmitted insurer is equivalent to and constitutes an irrevocable appointment by that person or insurer, binding upon the person or insurer, the executor, administrator, or personal representative of the person or insurer, or its successor in interest if a corporation, of the director and the successors of the director in office to be the lawful attorney of that person or insurer upon whom may be served all legal process in any action, suit, or proceeding in any court arising out of a transaction of insurance in this state or relative to a subject resident, located, or to be performed in this state by that person or nonadmitted insurer, except in an action, suit, or proceeding by the director or by the state. The transaction of insurance by an unauthorized person or nonadmitted insurer is acceptance by that person or insurer that legal process so served has the same legal force and validity as personal service of process in this state upon the person or insurer, or upon the executor, administrator, or personal representative of the person or insurer, or its successor in interest if a corporation.
(b) Service of process shall be made by leaving two copies in the hands or office of the director and paying to the director for the use of the state a fee set under AS 21.06.250 for each person or insurer. A certificate by the director showing the service, which shall be attached to the original or third copy of the process presented to the director for that purpose, is sufficient evidence of service. Service upon the director as attorney shall be service upon the principal.
(c) The director shall immediately mail one copy of the process to the defendant at its last known principal place of business and shall keep a record of all process so served upon the director, which shall show the day and hour of service. This service of process is sufficient, provided notice of the service and a copy of the process are sent within 10 days by registered mail by the plaintiff or the attorney of the plaintiff to the defendant at the last known principal place of business of the defendant and the defendant's receipt, or receipt issued by the post office with which the letter is registered, showing the name of the sender of the letter and the name and address of the person or insurer to whom the letter is addressed, and the affidavit of the plaintiff or the attorney of the plaintiff showing compliance with this subsection are filed with the clerk of the court in which the action is pending on or before the date the defendant is required to appear, or within additional time that the court may allow.
(d) Service of process in an action, suit, or proceeding described in (a) of this section, in addition to the manner provided in (b) and (c) of this section, is valid if served upon a person in this state who on behalf of an unauthorized person or nonadmitted insurer is doing any transaction of insurance, and if a copy of the process is sent within 10 days by registered mail by the plaintiff or the attorney of the plaintiff to the defendant at the last known principal place of business of the defendant and the defendant's receipt, or receipt issued by the post office with which the letter is registered, showing the name of the sender of the letter and the name and address of the person or insurer to whom the letter is addressed and the affidavit of the plaintiff or the attorney of the plaintiff showing compliance with this subsection are filed with the clerk of the court in which the action is pending on or before the date the defendant is required to appear, or within additional time that the court may allow.
(e) A plaintiff or complainant is not entitled to a judgment by default in an action, suit or proceeding in which the process is served under this section unless there is compliance with the Rules of Civil Procedure governing default judgments.
(f) Nothing contained in this section limits or abridges the right to serve a process, notice, or demand upon a person or insurer in any other manner now or hereafter permitted by law.
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