White Oak Manor, Inc. v. Lexington Insurance

I respectfully dissent and would affirm the decision of the Court of Appeals. First, the statutes and case law are clear: the exclusive method for service of process on a foreign insurance company is by service on the Director of the Department of Insurance. Pursuant to S.C.Code Ann. § 38-5-70 (2002), every foreign insurer appoints the director as its agent *13for service of process. Substituted service upon the director “is [the] exclusive [method], and service made in any other way upon such corporations is invalid.” Murray v. Sovereign Camp, W.O.W., 192 S.C. 101, 108, 5 S.E.2d 560, 562 (1939)…