A.I.U. Insurance v. Superior Court

Opinion

SCOTT, J.

This petition challenges a trial court ruling quashing service of process for insufficient contacts to justify long-arm jurisdiction over a Bermuda insurance company. It raises the question of whether the insurer of very substantial California risks and property may avoid the jurisdiction of California courts by structuring its affairs so that most contacts with the insureds take place outside of the United States. We conclude that the insurer’s contacts with California suffice for exercise of jurisdiction by the California courts.

The states of California and Colorado, the…