§ 23-63-304 - Service of process of foreign or alien insurers or domestic reciprocal insurers. - Arkansas Statutes

23-63-304. Service of process of foreign or alien insurers or domestic reciprocal insurers.

(a) The registered agent of a licensed foreign insurer or a licensed domestic reciprocal insurer is the insurer's agent for service of process, notice, or demand required or permitted by law to be served on the insurer.

(b) A licensed foreign insurer or a licensed domestic reciprocal insurer may be served by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the president or the secretary at its principal office shown in its application for a certificate of authority or in its most recent annual statement if the insurer:

(1) Has no registered agent or its registered agent cannot with reasonable diligence be served;

(2) Has withdrawn from transacting business in this state under this subchapter; or

(3) Has had its certificate of authority revoked under this subchapter.

(c) When service is made under this section or upon the designated Arkansas-registered agent, service shall be perfected under the Arkansas Rules of Civil Procedure.

(d) This section does not prescribe the only means or, necessarily, the required means of serving a licensed foreign insurer or a licensed domestic reciprocal insurer.