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Part 1 — Licensing of Insurers and Reciprocal Insurance Exchanges Subpart 1 Licensing of Insurers Insurer's Duty to be Licensed

39 Attorney for Service Attorney for service

Current to 2026-05-14 · Official PDF

(1) Every insurer licensed under this Subpart must have an
attorney for service who meets the requirements of subsection (2).
(2) The attorney for service must be an individual who is resident
in Alberta.
(3) Service of any document in a legal action, suit or proceeding
on an insurer may be effected by
(a) delivering the document to its attorney according to the
Minister's records,
(b) delivering the document to the address of its attorney
according to the Minister's records, or
(c) sending the document by recorded mail to that address.
(4) A document sent by recorded mail to the attorney's address in
accordance with subsection (3)(c) is deemed to be served 7 days
from the date of mailing unless there are reasonable grounds for
believing that the attorney did not receive the document at that time
or at all.
RSA 2000

(5) Every licensed insurer must ensure that its attorney's office is
open during normal business hours.
RSA 2000 cI-3 s39;2016 c23 s3