(a) Before the Commissioner shall authorize it to transact insurance in this State, each insurer shall appoint the Commissioner, and his or her successors in office, as its attorney to receive service of legal process issued against the insurer in this State. The appointment shall be made on a form as designated and furnished by the Commissioner, and shall be accompanied by a copy of a resolution of the board of directors or like governing body of the insurer, if an incorporated insurer, showing that those officers who executed the appointment were duly authorized to do so on behalf of the insurer.
(b) The appointment shall be irrevocable, shall bind the insurer and any successor in interest or to the assets or liabilities of the insurer, and shall remain in effect as long as there is in force any contract of the insurer in this State or any obligation of the insurer arising out of its transactions in this State.
(c) Service of such process against a foreign or alien insurer shall be made only by service thereof upon the Commissioner.
(d) Service of such process against a domestic insurer may be made as provided hereunder, or in any other manner provided by law.
(e) At the time of application for a certificate of authority the insurer shall file the appointment with the Commissioner, together with designation of the person to whom process against it served upon the Commissioner is to be forwarded. The insurer may change such designation by a new filing.
18 Del. C. 1953, § 524; 56 Del. Laws, c. 380, § 1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1.
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