Insurance Companies

The Secretary of State encourages business owners to take advantage of filing their Annual Attorney-In-Fact filing through the West Virginia One Stop Business Portal. Online filing saves time and provides immediate and accurate integration of customers' updates into the Secretary of State's database. You also receive an electronic confirmation when any business filing is approved by our office.

Annual Attorney-In-Fact filing due from all active insurance companies admitted on or before December 31 of the previous year which is reported as being currently registered through the West Virginia Offices of the Insurance Commissioner.

Note:

The only types of insurance companies that file the Attorney-In-Fact filing are the following lines of insurance:

Property and Casualty | Life | Fire | HMO's

All other active insurance companies are required to file the Annual Report for their respective business structure above (Corporation, LLC, etc.)

The Annual Report requires update of managers or members authorized to sign filings, addresses, agent of process, and other important information deemed necessary by the Secretary of State.

Report requests update of addresses and agent for service of process.

Filing Fees

An additional $1.00 online processing fee will apply to all online filings.

$25.00