2005 Idaho Code - 41-333 — DIRECTOR AS PROCESS AGENT FOR FOREIGN INSURERS AND DOMESTIC RECIPROCAL INSURERS

                                  TITLE  41
                                  INSURANCE
                                  CHAPTER 3
                          AUTHORIZATION OF INSURERS
                           AND GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
    41-333.  DIRECTOR AS PROCESS AGENT FOR FOREIGN INSURERS AND DOMESTIC
RECIPROCAL INSURERS. (1) Before the director shall issue to it a certificate
of authority to transact insurance in this state each foreign and alien
insurer and each domestic reciprocal insurer shall appoint the director and
his 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 director. 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.
    (2)  Service of such process against a foreign or alien insurer shall be
made only by service thereof upon the director, or his deputy, or other person
in charge of his office during his absence.
    (3)  At time of application for a certificate of authority the insurer
shall file the appointment with the director, together with designation of the
person to whom process against it served upon the director is to be forwarded.
The insurer may change such designation by a new filing.