Alaska Statutes
Alaska Stat. § 21.09.150 (2026)
Suspension or revocation for violations and special grounds
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Sec. 21.09.150. Suspension or revocation for violations and special grounds.
(a) The director may suspend or revoke an insurer's certificate of authority if, after a hearing, the director finds that the insurer has violated a lawful order of the director or a provision of this title other than those for which suspension or revocation is mandatory or has not paid any annual service fees assessed under AS 23.05.067.
(b) The director shall, after a hearing, suspend or revoke an insurer's certificate of authority if the director finds that the insurer
(1) is in unsound condition, or in a condition, or using methods or practices in the conduct of its business, that render its further transaction of insurance in this state injurious or hazardous to its policyholders or to the public;
(2) has refused to be examined or to produce its accounts, records, and files for examination or that any of its officers have refused to give information with respect to its affairs, when required by the director;
(3) has failed to pay a final judgment rendered against it in this state within 30 days after the judgment became final; a judgment appealed from is not final until determined by the appellate court;
(4) with a frequency that indicates its general business practice in this state, has without just cause refused to pay proper claims arising under its policies, whether the claim is in favor of an insured or is in favor of a third person, or without just cause delays adjustment of claims, or compels the insured or claimant to accept less than the amount due them or to employ attorneys or to bring suit against the insurer or an insured to secure full payment or settlement of claims;
(5) is affiliated with and under the same general management or interlocking directorate or ownership as another insurer that transacts direct insurance in this state without having a certificate of authority, except as permitted for surplus line insurance under AS 21.34;
(6) has failed, after written request by the director, to remove or discharge an officer or director who has been convicted of a felony involving fraud, dishonesty, or moral turpitude.
(c) The director may, without advance notice or a hearing, immediately suspend the certificate of authority of an insurer against which proceedings for receivership, conservatorship, rehabilitation, or other delinquency proceedings, have been commenced in any state.
(a) The director may suspend or revoke an insurer's certificate of authority if, after a hearing, the director finds that the insurer has violated a lawful order of the director or a provision of this title other than those for which suspension or revocation is mandatory or has not paid any annual service fees assessed under AS 23.05.067.
(b) The director shall, after a hearing, suspend or revoke an insurer's certificate of authority if the director finds that the insurer
(1) is in unsound condition, or in a condition, or using methods or practices in the conduct of its business, that render its further transaction of insurance in this state injurious or hazardous to its policyholders or to the public;
(2) has refused to be examined or to produce its accounts, records, and files for examination or that any of its officers have refused to give information with respect to its affairs, when required by the director;
(3) has failed to pay a final judgment rendered against it in this state within 30 days after the judgment became final; a judgment appealed from is not final until determined by the appellate court;
(4) with a frequency that indicates its general business practice in this state, has without just cause refused to pay proper claims arising under its policies, whether the claim is in favor of an insured or is in favor of a third person, or without just cause delays adjustment of claims, or compels the insured or claimant to accept less than the amount due them or to employ attorneys or to bring suit against the insurer or an insured to secure full payment or settlement of claims;
(5) is affiliated with and under the same general management or interlocking directorate or ownership as another insurer that transacts direct insurance in this state without having a certificate of authority, except as permitted for surplus line insurance under AS 21.34;
(6) has failed, after written request by the director, to remove or discharge an officer or director who has been convicted of a felony involving fraud, dishonesty, or moral turpitude.
(c) The director may, without advance notice or a hearing, immediately suspend the certificate of authority of an insurer against which proceedings for receivership, conservatorship, rehabilitation, or other delinquency proceedings, have been commenced in any state.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 2007–2013 · leading case: McDonnell v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 299 P.3d 715 (Alaska 2013).
McDonnell v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 299 P.3d 715 (Alaska 2013). “McDonnell next argues that the two-year contractual limitation provision violates AS 21.09.150(b)(4), which instructs the Director of the Division of Insurance to suspend or revoke an insurer's license if the insurer refuses to pay claims or forces insureds to litigate claims…”
Premera Blue Cross v. State, Dep't of Com., Cmty. & Econ. Dev., Div. of Ins., 171 P.3d 1110 (Alaska 2007). “But for the purposes of this litigation, the parties stipulated that failure to pay a SEHRA charge was grounds for revocation of a certificate of authority to do business in Alaska under AS 21.09.150(2). The State of Washington has a program similar to ACHIA, the Washington…”
— Alaska Stat. § 21.09.150(2) — 1 case
Premera Blue Cross v. State, Dep't of Com., Cmty. & Econ. Dev., Div. of Ins., 171 P.3d 1110 (Alaska 2007). “But for the purposes of this litigation, the parties stipulated that failure to pay a SEHRA charge was grounds for revocation of a certificate of authority to do business in Alaska under AS 21.09.150(2). The State of Washington has a program similar to ACHIA, the Washington…”
— Alaska Stat. § 21.09.150(b)(4) — 1 case
McDonnell v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 299 P.3d 715 (Alaska 2013). “McDonnell next argues that the two-year contractual limitation provision violates AS 21.09.150(b)(4), which instructs the Director of the Division of Insurance to suspend or revoke an insurer's license if the insurer refuses to pay claims or forces insureds to litigate claims…”
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