Service of Complaint on N.H. Insurance Commissioner Was Improper, EIFlow Contends

CONCORD, N.H. — EIFlow asserts that TIG Insurance Co.’s service of a complaint seeking $2 million in reinsurance proceeds should be quashed because the lawsuit was improperly served on the New Hampshire insurance commissioner.

In an April 7 brief filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire, EIFlow refutes TIG’s position that service was proper, arguing that because it never did business in the state, the service was not valid.

U.S. Fire Insurance Co. issued an insurance policy to Southdown Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates, effective from Dec. 1, 1982, to Dec. 31, 1986. The …