A. Each authorized foreign or alien insurer shall appoint the Insurance Commissioner as its agent to receive service of legal process, other than a subpoena, issued against it in this state upon any cause of action arising from its transaction of business in this state. The appointment shall be irrevocable, shall bind any successor and shall remain in effect as long as there is in force in this state any contract made by the insurer or obligations arising therefrom.
B. Service of such process against a foreign or alien insurer shall be made only by service of process upon the Insurance Commissioner. Service of process against a domestic insurer may be made upon the insurer in the manner provided by laws applying to business entities generally, or upon the insurer's attorney-in-fact if a reciprocal insurer or a Lloyds association.
C. Each such insurer at time of application for a certificate of authority shall file with the Insurance Commissioner designation of the name and address of the person to whom process against it served upon the Insurance Commissioner is to be forwarded. The insurer may change such designation by a new filing.
Added by Laws 1957, p. 235, § 621. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 418, § 26, eff. Nov. 1, 1997; Laws 1997, c. 418, § 26, eff. Nov. 1, 1997.
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