616.10 - INSURANCE COMPANIES.

        616.10  INSURANCE COMPANIES.         Insurance companies may be sued in any county in which their      principal place of business is kept, or in which the contract of      insurance was made, or in which the loss insured against occurred,      or, in case of insurance against death or disability, in the county      of the domicile of the insured at the time the loss occurred, or in      the county of plaintiff's residence.  As used in this section the      term "insurance companies" includes nonprofit hospital service      corporations and nonprofit medical service corporations which have      incorporated under the provisions of chapter 504, Code 1989, or      current chapter 504.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [C73, § 2584; C97, § 3499; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 11043; C46,      50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 616.10] 
         Section History: Recent Form
         91 Acts, ch 97, §60; 2003 Acts, ch 108, §105; 2004 Acts, ch 1049,      §191; 2004 Acts, ch 1175, §394