State, Department of Commerce, Community & Economic Development, Division of Insurance v. Alyeska Pipeline Service Co.

OPINION

WINFREE, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Alyeska Pipeline Service Company (Alyes-ka) contracted with the Liberty Mutual Group (Liberty Mutual) to write an owner-controlled insurance program (OCIP). The State of Alaska, Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development, Division of Insurance (Division), issued a cease and desist order stating that Alyeska's OCIP was prohibited by statute. An administrative law judge determined that "the Liberty Mutual program does not fit within the definition of an 'owner controlled insurance program' that the statute supplies." The Division's deputy…