Washburn v. Rabun

This case presents three questions certified from the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, 755 F.2d 1404, concerning Alabama's laws regulating the insurance business. The questions are:(1) Insurance is written in the State of Alabama for an out-of-state insurance company pursuant to a contract between its general agent and an Alabama corporation doing business as an insurance agency. Because Alabama Code 1975, § 27-7-1 (a), requires agents and brokers to be natural persons, the corporation does business under the authority of a license issued to its sole stockholder, officer, and director.…