Ohio Sec. Ins. Co. v. AXIS Ins. Co.

*349 ¶ 1 This case involves an insurance coverage dispute between two authorized foreign insurers, Ohio Security Insurance Company and AXIS Insurance Company. Ohio Security tried to serve AXIS at its office in Chicago, Illinois, rather than through the Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner.

¶ 2 The United States District Court for the Western District of Washington certified a question to this court, asking whether Washington law establishes service through the Washington State Insurance Commissioner (Insurance Commissioner) as the exclusive means of service for authorized foreign…