Title INS — California Ins. Code

Such insurers may invest in farm loan bonds, consolidated farm loan bonds, collateral trust debentures, consolidated debentures, or other obligations issued under the Federal Farm Loan Act, approved July 17, 1916, as amended (Title 12 U.S.C. Sections 636 to 1012 inclusive, and Se…

Such insurers may invest in bonds issued under the “Home Owners’ Loan Act of 1933”; bonds, debentures and notes issued by any federal home loan bank, or consolidated federal home loan bank notes, bonds and debentures issued by the Federal Home Loan Bank Board in accordance with t…

Such insurers may also invest in registered warrants of this State, issued pursuant to law.

Domestic incorporated insurers may invest in an account or accounts in one or more banks, savings and loan associations, or credit unions to the extent the account or accounts are insured by an agency or instrumentality of the federal government. As used in this section, an accou…

(a) Every domestic incorporated insurer shall file a report with the commissioner disclosing material acquisitions and dispositions of assets or material nonrenewals, cancellations, or revisions of ceded reinsurance agreements unless the acquisitions and dispositions of assets or…

(a) No acquisitions or dispositions of assets shall be reported pursuant to Section 1185 if the acquisitions or dispositions are not material. For purposes of this article, a material acquisition (or the aggregate of any series of related acquisitions during any 30-day period) or…

(a) No nonrenewals, cancellations, or revisions of ceded reinsurance agreements shall be reported pursuant to Section 1185 if the nonrenewals, cancellations, or revisions are not material. For purposes of this article, a material nonrenewal, cancellation, or revision is one that …

Any domestic incorporated insurer, which maintains in cash on hand or on deposit in a national or state bank, or in securities specified in Article 3 (commencing with Section 1170), an amount equal to its required minimum paid-in capital, may invest the remainder of its assets in…

Excess funds investments may be made in the stock of any corporation organized and carrying on business under the laws of this or any other state, or of the United States, or of the District of Columbia, or of the Dominion of Canada or of any province of the Dominion of Canada.

Excess fund investments may be made in the purchase and sale of exchange traded call options on common stock pursuant to this section. An insurer may sell exchange traded call options only through an exchange and only with respect to stock which it owns. Common stock that is obli…

(a)Excess fund investments may be made by a domestic life insurer having admitted assets aggregating in value not less than one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) in the purchase and sale of call options on interest-bearing obligations pursuant to subdivision (b) or (c). Thes…

Excess funds investments may be made in: (a) Interest-bearing obligations issued by a nonaffiliate institution, as defined in paragraph (5) of subdivision (f) of Section 1196.1, organized under the laws of any state, or of the United States, or of the District of Columbia, or of …

Excess funds investments may be made in bonds, notes or other obligations issued, assumed or guaranteed by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, or the Inter-American Development Bank, or the Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico, or the Asian Developme…

(a) Excess funds investments may be made in securities evidencing an undivided interest in, the right to receive payments from, or payable primarily from distributions on a pool of financial assets held by an unaffiliated business entity, other than those authorized by Section 11…

An insurer may lend on the security of a first lien on an unencumbered leasehold on real property if: (a) The real property subject to the leasehold is primarily improved by a single family residence, the term of the loan does not exceed 30 years, and the amount of the loan plus …

Excess fund investments may be made by a life insurer having admitted assets aggregating in value not less than two hundred million dollars ($200,000,000) in the following: (a) Equipment obligations, securities, or certificates of any equipment trust evidencing rights to receive …

No domestic insurer shall have more than 10 percent of its capital and surplus invested in stock of corporations organized under the laws of the Dominion of Canada or of any province of the Dominion of Canada, but this limitation shall not affect the authority conferred by Sectio…

Excess funds investments may be made in all deposits and debt obligations of banks or savings and loan associations whose accounts are insured by an agency or instrumentality of the federal government including accounts or certificates of deposit not subject to Section 1182, bank…

(a) An insurer, except an insurer authorized to transact mortgage guaranty insurance as defined in Section 119, may invest in a mortgage, mortgage-backed bond, or a mortgage participation, pass-through, conventional pass-through, trust or participation certificate, which is secur…

(a) A domestic insurer having admitted assets aggregating in value not less than one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) may make excess funds investments in participation certificates (1) which represent an undivided interest in an interest-bearing obligation issued by a corp…

(a) A domestic life insurer having admitted assets aggregating in value not less than one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) may make excess fund investments pursuant to this section in interest-bearing notes, bonds, or obligations issued by (1) any operating business trust o…

Notwithstanding Section 1100, a domestic insurer may make excess funds investments in shares of an investment company, as defined in the Federal Investment Company Act of 1940, if the requirements of subdivisions (b) and (c) are satisfied. No investment made pursuant to this sect…

(a) Notwithstanding Section 1100, an insurer may make excess funds investments in investment pools and cash management pools established pursuant to this section. The pools shall meet all of the following standards: (1) All participants in a pool shall each be affiliated with one…

Excess funds investments may be made in bonds of any permanent road division, or any district of any state when such bonds are legal investments for savings banks of this State, or have been certified as legal investments for savings banks pursuant to Division 10 of the Water Cod…

Excess funds investments may be made in bonds issued by any county, municipality, or school district in this State to represent assessments for local improvements authorized by law. At the date of such investment the purchase price or principal loaned shall not exceed fifty per c…

Excess funds investments may be made in bonds issued pursuant to the Improvement Bond Act of 1915.

Excess funds investments may be made in any debt obligation issued by the United States, a federal agency or entity authorized to issue debt obligations by federal statute; the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, its agencies and political subdivisions; any state, its agencies or politi…

(a) Excess funds investments may be made by an insurer in bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness payable in United States dollars, and issued by a corporation incorporated under the laws of an alien government provided all of the following conditions are met: (1) All th…

Excess funds investments may be made in the stock of a Federal home loan bank. Any domestic incorporated insurer investing in the stock of a Federal home loan bank and thereby becoming a member thereof shall have power (a) to obtain advances from, and (b) to pledge collateral as …

(a) Excess fund investments may be made by a domestic insurer in real estate and leases thereof and in making improvements thereon for business or residential purposes as an investment for the production of income. The phrase “business or residential purposes” shall not include r…

Domestic incorporated insurers may invest in notes or bonds secured by a mortgage or other first lien upon unencumbered real property meeting the criteria of subdivision (e), if the secured obligation meets the conditions of subdivisions (a) and (b), as follows: (a) There exists …

(a) An insurer may invest in notes or bonds secured by second mortgages or other second liens, including all inclusive or wraparound mortgages or liens, upon real property encumbered only by a first mortgage or lien which meets the requirements set forth in Section 1194.81, subje…

In any case in which a domestic insurer has requested the approval of the commissioner to make the investments specified in subdivision (a) or (c) of Section 1194.8, that insurer shall reimburse the department for all actual expenses, not to exceed seven hundred forty-eight dolla…

Every admitted incorporated insurer may purchase, hold, or convey real estate only for the following purposes and in the following manner: (a) The building in which it has its principal office and the land upon which that building stands. (b) Real estate requisite for its accommo…

If, after a hearing, the commissioner is satisfied that an insurer is carrying upon its books any parcel or parcels of real estate at values exceeding the sound market value thereof, he or she may order the insurer to: (a) Create an adequate contingency reserve against the book v…

Every admitted incorporated insurer may, for the protection or enhancement of the value of real property acquired under the provisions of Section 1194.86, use its funds in the manner as it shall deem proper to repair, alter, remodel, rehabilitate, demolish, purchase furnishings o…

If the commissioner shall decide, after due notice and hearing that the interest of any company having real estate acquired pursuant to the provisions of Section 1194.8 requires that any specific parcel or parcels of such real estate be disposed of, then such insurance company sh…

Excess funds investments may be made in an electronic computer or data processing machine or system to be used in connection with the business of the insurer; provided, however, that this machine or system shall have an original cost of at least two hundred fifty thousand dollars…

This article does not authorize investments in any obligation unless the obligation is interest or income-bearing or dividend-paying. An obligation is interest or income-bearing within the meaning of this section if it is not in default in payment of interest or income on the dat…

Excess funds investments shall not be made in any stock or obligation unless: (a) The stock or obligation qualifies as a sound investment. (b) In case of a purchase, the price paid for the security is not in excess of the current market value at the date of purchase. (c) In case …

(a) No domestic insurer shall acquire, directly or indirectly, any medium grade or lower grade obligation of any institution if, after giving effect to any such acquisition, the aggregate amount of all medium grade and lower grade obligations then held by the domestic insurer wou…

Excess funds investments shall not be made in a loan or any other obligation to any one borrower or obligor, including all affiliates which shall be treated as one borrower or obligor, in an amount exceeding 10 percent of the capital stock and surplus or 1 percent of the admitted…

Excess funds investments shall not be made in purchases of or loans upon shares of the capital stock of any one corporation in an amount exceeding 10 percent of the excess of the admitted assets of the investing insurer over the liabilities and required reserves of such insurer. …

No domestic incorporated fire, life or marine insurer shall make excess funds investments in purchases of, or loans upon, more than 30 percent of the total in par value or number of outstanding shares of the capital stock of any one corporation, except: (a) In the purchase of the…

An excess funds investment shall not be made unless authorized or approved by the directors of the investor or by a committee thereof charged with the duty of supervising or making such investment. Such authorization or approval shall be entered upon the records or minutes of the…

The entry of approval shall show: (a) The fact of making such investment. (b) The amount thereof. (c) The name of each director voting to approve the investment. (d) The amount, character and value of the security purchased or taken as collateral. (e) If the investment is a loan,…

The commissioner may, in his discretion and after hearing, by written order require the disposal of any investments made in violation of the provisions of this article, pending which disposal pursuant to such order no value shall be allowed for such investment in any statement, r…

(a) A domestic incorporated insurer, after investing an amount equal to its required minimum paid-in capital in securities specified in Article 3 (commencing with Section 1170), may make investments as it may see fit in the purchase of, or loans upon, properties and securities ot…

(a) For the purposes of this section the following definitions shall apply: (1) “Aggregate counterparty exposure” means the sum of the aggregate statement value options, swaptions, caps, floors, and warrants purchased, and the aggregate potential exposure of collars, swaps, forwa…

(a) Any domestic incorporated insurer having aggregate capital and surplus as of the preceding December 31 of at least twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000), after investing an amount equal to its required minimum paid-in capital in securities specified in Article 3 (commenci…