(a) Each insurer applying for a certificate of authority to transact business in this state shall file with the commissioner an appointment of the commissioner and his successors in office, on a form as furnished by the commissioner, as its attorney upon whom may be served all lawful process in any action or proceeding against it in this state and therein shall agree that any such process served upon such attorney shall be of the same force and validity as if served on the insurer. 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 outstanding in this state any obligation or liability of the insurer resulting from its transactions therein.
Terms Used In Alabama Code 27-3-24
Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(b) At the time of such appointment of the commissioner as its process agent, the insurer shall file with the commissioner designation of the name and address 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.
