Title INS, California Ins. Code

The commissioner shall distribute identification badges to insurance adjusters for the purpose of identifying persons who should be given access to disaster areas. Every insurer shall maintain a list of adjusters that have been assigned to work in the disaster area. (Added by Sta…

(a) It is unlawful to make or cause to be made any knowingly false or fraudulent statement, whether made orally or in writing, of any fact material to the determination of the premium, rate, or cost of any policy of workers’ compensation insurance, for the purpose of reducing the…

(a) If an employer fails to provide for access by the insurer or its authorized representative to its records, to enable the insurer to perform an audit to determine the remuneration earned by the employer’s employees and by any of its uninsured subcontractors and the employees o…

The commissioner shall issue a certificate of authority to the attorney upon compliance with the requirements of this chapter, and the payment of the application fee prescribed by Article 3 (commencing with Section 699) of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of Division 1. The certificate shall …

In the event of substitution of attorney or a change in any of the matters specified in the certificate of authority pursuant to Section 1350, the attorney shall apply to the commissioner for an amended certificate of authority. (Added by Stats. 1945, Ch. 495.)

(a) The commissioner, in cooperation with insurers, the Office of Emergency Services, and other emergency service agencies, shall establish procedures for the coordination of efforts between insurers and their representatives and those of emergency response agencies. (b) The comm…

Any privately owned or operated resources hired by an insurer for the purpose of protecting structures endangered by fire or performing firefighting duties shall report to the incident commander or his or her designee immediately upon arriving at the site of a fire. Those resourc…

(a) The commissioner shall adopt regulations setting forth the minimum standards of training, experience, and skill that workers’ compensation claims adjusters must possess to perform their duties with regard to workers’ compensation claims. The regulations adopted pursuant to th…

Every exchange shall maintain its required assets in any one, or more, or all of the following forms: (a) In cash or deposits in solvent banks. (b) Invested in securities of the kind designated for the investment of assets of incorporated insurers having a capital stock by the la…

Except as in this article (commencing with Section 1370) otherwise provides, every exchange subject to this chapter (commencing with Section 1280) shall on and after October 1, 1961, be governed for all purposes as to required minimum surplus, (including that for admission, amend…

An exchange admitted prior to October 1, 1961, shall be exempt from the provisions of Section 1370.2 until it replaces its attorney in fact, except when the replacement is in strict compliance with a contract between the exchange and its current attorney in fact entered into prio…

Any exchange exempted at any time from the provisions of Section 1370. 2 shall irrespective of such exemption be subject to the provisions of this section. No amended certificate of authority adding classes of insurance shall be issued to the attorney in fact of any such exchange…

If an exchange does either liability or workers’ compensation insurance, it shall at all times maintain assets in a sum sufficient to discharge all liabilities and to provide a surplus over all liabilities of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000). An exchange subject to the pro…

Every other exchange shall maintain at all times assets in a sum sufficient to discharge all liabilities and to provide a surplus over all liabilities of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000). An exchange subject to the provisions of this section is also subject to the provisions of S…

No certificate of authority, other than a renewal certificate of authority, shall be issued to the attorney within three years from and after the time when the exchange commences business as an insurer nor within three years from and after the time it is first organized unless as…

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) hereof, an exchange, the attorney for which holds a certificate of authority, which has been in business as an insurer less than three years from and after the time when it commenced business as an insurer shall maintain its assets during …

In estimating the financial condition of any exchange the commissioner shall observe the following rules: (a) He or she shall charge as liabilities the same reserves as are required of incorporated insurers issuing nonassessable policies on a reserve basis. (b) Surplus deposits o…

(a) “Surplus deposits of subscribers,” as used in this chapter, means amounts, over and above any premium charges, which are contributed by subscribers and which are used for the purpose of funding the surplus of a reciprocal or interinsurance exchange. No subscriber shall have a…

Where the subscribers are grouped by industries or otherwise under any ruling or agreement which exempts the funds of one group from liability in whole or in part for the payment of losses or expenses chargeable against another group, each such independent group shall maintain th…

The provisions of this article shall apply only to exchanges writing liability, common carrier liability, or workers’ compensation insurance, except that any exchange may apply for and receive the certificate provided for by Section 1401. (Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 231, Sec. 8.…

Whenever an exchange subject to this article, is not possessed of admitted assets sufficient to discharge all liabilities and to maintain the required surplus, the attorney may make an assessment for the amount, subject to the limits provided by this article, needed to make up th…

Except as provided by Sections 1397, 1398, 1400 and 1401, every subscriber of an exchange subject to this article shall be liable to pay, and shall pay, his proportionate part of any such assessment, in accordance with law and his contract covering any such deficiency assessment …

Each such subscriber’s share of the deficiency for which an assessment is made pursuant to this article, shall be determined by applying to the premium earned on the member’s policy or policies during the period to be covered by the assessment, the ratio of the total deficiency t…

Subscribers liable to assessment under this article shall pay the same without offsetting any claim for unearned premiums or losses payable to or for the account of the subscriber. (Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 145.)

Assessments under this article shall be made upon the members liable to assessment therefor, in proportion to their several liabilities. (Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 145.)

Notice of all such proposed assessments shall be filed with the commissioner and the assessments shall not take effect until approved by him after such investigation as he deems necessary. (Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 145.)

Assessments under this article, whether levied by the attorney, or the commissioner in the liquidation of such an exchange or otherwise, shall be of no greater amount than specified in the power of attorney. (Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 145.)

The power of attorney of an exchange subject to this article may limit the contingent liability of the subscriber for assessment, but such contingent liability shall not be less than an amount equal to and in addition to the amount of the premium deposit provided in the policy. (…

Each subscriber to an exchange subject to this article may maintain with the exchange, in addition to the premium deposit provided in the policy, a further deposit to be held as the surplus deposit of such subscriber. (Amended by Stats. 1937, Ch. 727.)

Each such subscriber maintaining a surplus deposit equal to, and in addition to, the amount of the total current annual premium deposit provided in his policy, shall have no liability for assessment during the period such surplus deposit is so maintained. (Enacted by Stats. 1935,…

If an exchange has a surplus of admitted assets over all liabilities in a sum equal to 112 times the minimum paid-in capital required of incorporated insurers issuing policies on a reserve basis and doing the same classes of insurance, then the Insurance Commissioner, upon writte…

(a) When the commissioner finds after a public hearing that a reciprocal or interinsurance exchange has at all times during any consecutive five-year period terminating on December 31, 1964, or on the last day of any subsequent calendar year, as shown by its annual statements, as…

All funds of such exchange and the proceeds of the contingent liability of its subscribers shall be available for the payment of any liability of the exchange. (Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 145.)

Savings or credits may be returned to the subscribers irrespective of the source from which such savings or credits accrue whenever such returns do not constitute an impairment of the assets or reserves required to be maintained. (Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 581.)

The attorney shall make a report, under oath, to the commissioner covering each calendar year. Such report shall be made annually during the time limited for the filing of annual statements by insurers transacting the same class of insurance. It shall show the financial condition…

The assets, business affairs and records of every exchange and its attorney shall be subject to examination by the commissioner at any reasonable time. The cost and expense of such examination shall be paid as prescribed in Section 736. (Amended by Stats. 1947, Ch. 1008.)

The commissioner has: (a) The right of examination of and supervision over reciprocal or interinsurance exchanges, their attorneys, agents and brokers. (b) The right to hold and conduct hearings in the manner and under the same procedure as in the case of other insurers. (Enacted…

The commissioner’s right of examination shall include the right to examine the records containing the names and addresses of the subscribers. Any information obtained from such records shall be confidential and the disclosure thereof, except under order of court, constitutes a br…

Where the principal office of the attorney is located in another State, the commissioner, in lieu of examination may accept a certified copy of the report of examination made by the insurance authority of another State. (Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 145.)

The exchange may sue or be sued in its own name as in the case of an individual. Any judgment rendered against the exchange shall be binding upon each subscriber only in such proportion as his interests may appear. (Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 145.)

No action shall lie against any subscriber, upon any obligation made or incurred in the name of the exchange, until a final judgment has been obtained against the exchange and remains unsatisfied for thirty days. (Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 145.)

Process may be served upon the commissioner as provided in Article 1 (commencing with Section 12919) of Chapter 2 of Division 3. (Amended by Stats. 1970, Ch. 949.)

A judgment rendered in any case where service of process has been made on the commissioner shall be binding against the subscribers as their interests appear. (Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 145.)

In any form of policy prescribed by this code, the attorney may insert provisions or conditions required by the plan of reciprocal or interinsurance if the plan is not inconsistent with, or in conflict with, any law of this State. (Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 145.)

The provisions of this code regarding the appointment, licensing, qualification and regulation of insurance agents, brokers and solicitors, apply neither to the attorney-in-fact of a reciprocal or interinsurance exchange, nor to the salaried representatives of such exchange or at…

Any attorney-in-fact or representative of such an attorney who exchanges, or solicits or negotiates the exchange of, any contracts of insurance of the kind and character specified in this chapter, except as provided in section 1511, without compliance by the attorney with the pro…