Title INS — California Ins. Code
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Ins. Code § 1733 Section 1733
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All funds received by any person acting as a licensee under this chapter, Chapter 5A (commencing with Section 1759), Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 1760), or Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 1800), as premium or return premium on or under any policy of insurance or undertak…
Ins. Code § 1734 Section 1734
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This section applies to a person licensed, hereinafter “licensee,” whether under a permanent license, restricted license, temporary license, or certificate of convenience, to act in any of the capacities specified in Section 1733. If fiduciary funds, as defined in Section 1733, a…
Ins. Code § 1734.5 Section 1734.5
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(a) (1) If fiduciary funds, as defined in Section 1733, are received by any person licensed, hereinafter the “licensee,” whether under a permanent license, restricted license, temporary license, or certificate of convenience, to act in any of the capacities specified in Section 1…
Ins. Code § 1735 Section 1735
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(a) As used in this section, a managing general agent is a licensed property broker-agent and casualty broker-agent, or a life agent to whom all of the following apply: (1) Has a written management contract and an appointment on file with the commissioner in accordance with Secti…
Ins. Code § 1735.5 Section 1735.5
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A property broker-agent, casualty broker-agent, or surplus line broker, hereinafter the “licensee,” may offset funds due an insured for return premiums on any policy against amounts due the licensee from the same insured for unpaid premiums on the same or any other policy. Any in…
Ins. Code § 1736 Section 1736
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If any acts are forbidden or conduct prescribed by any provisions of this code, such acts shall not be performed and such conduct shall be followed by both the organization and by any person named to exercise the power and perform the duties under any license issued to such organ…
Ins. Code § 1736.5 Section 1736.5
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(a) Every licensee and applicant shall promptly reply in writing to an inquiry from the commissioner relative to an application for, or the retention or renewal of, a license, or an investigation relating to a consumer complaint or a matter relating to a producer licensing backgr…
Ins. Code § 1737 Section 1737
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The purpose of this chapter is to protect the public by requiring and maintaining professional standards of conduct on the part of all persons licensed hereunder.
Ins. Code § 1738 Section 1738
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The commissioner may suspend or revoke a permanent license issued pursuant to this chapter on any of the grounds set forth in Article 6 hereof on which the commissioner may deny an application. When the word “applicant” is used in those grounds, the word shall for the application…
Ins. Code § 1738.5 Section 1738.5
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Upon the request of the department, a proceeding held pursuant to Section 1668, 1668.5, 1738, 1739, or 12921.8 that involves allegations of misconduct perpetrated against a person age 65 or over shall be held within 90 days after receipt by the department of the notice of defense…
Ins. Code § 1739 Section 1739
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Where a permanent license is held by an organization both the organization itself and any natural persons named thereon shall, for the purposes of this article, be deemed to be the holders thereof. If that natural person commits any act or fails to perform any duty which is a gro…
Ins. Code § 1740 Section 1740
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The certificate of the commissioner certifying any facts found after a hearing held under this chapter shall be prima facie evidence of the facts set forth therein.
Ins. Code § 1741 Section 1741
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If the commissioner finds, after a hearing, that there are grounds for the denial of an application for a license to act in any capacity set forth in Article 1 of this chapter or if the commissioner finds, after a hearing, that any licensee has violated the provisions of this cod…
Ins. Code § 1742 Section 1742
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Where a person who is or has been licensed under this chapter has been found by the commissioner to have violated any provision of this code which would justify the suspension or revocation of a license held, or where a person is applying for a license under this chapter and ther…
Ins. Code § 1742.2 Section 1742.2
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The department shall promulgate regulations necessary to comply with the requirements of Section 1033 of Title 18 of the United States Code no later than January 1, 2001.
Ins. Code § 1742.3 Section 1742.3
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(a) The commissioner may, without hearing, issue an order denying an application by a business entity for an unrestricted license and granting instead a restricted license. The commissioner may do so when a controlling person of the business entity, as defined in subdivision (b) …
Ins. Code § 1743 Section 1743
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The lapse or suspension of any license by operation of law, by failure to renew or by its voluntary surrender shall not deprive the commissioner of jurisdiction or right to institute or proceed with any disciplinary proceeding against such license, to render a decision suspending…
Ins. Code § 1744 Section 1744
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The filing of a statement of issues pursuant to Chapter 5, Part 1, Division 3, Title 2 of the Government Code specifying grounds for denial of an application for a license to act in any capacity under this chapter shall automatically suspend any certificate of convenience issued …
Ins. Code § 1747 Section 1747
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When the commissioner may determine or have good cause to believe that any property broker-agent or casualty broker-agent has failed to keep or maintain the records required by Section 1727, in connection with or in lieu of any other disciplinary action against the license of the…
Ins. Code § 1748 Section 1748
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The commissioner, in any proceeding under the provisions of this article, may, by an alternative order, permit a licensee to elect in writing to pay a specified money penalty, within a specified time in lieu of a license suspension or other permitted action. If the licensee so el…
Ins. Code § 1748.5 Section 1748.5
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(a) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions are applicable: (1) “Production agency” means any person or organization licensed under Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 1621), Chapter 5A (commencing with Section 1759), Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 1760), C…
Ins. Code § 1749 Section 1749
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(a) The department shall require all new applicants for license to meet prelicensing education standards as follows: (1) An applicant for license as a property broker-agent, casualty broker-agent, life agent, accident and health or sickness agent, personal lines broker-agent, or …
Ins. Code § 1749.01 Section 1749.01
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Sections 1749 and 1749.3 shall not apply to a life agent who is limited by the terms of a written agreement with the insurer, which filed on that life agent’s behalf a notice of appointment with the commissioner, to transact only specific life insurance policies or annuities that…
Ins. Code § 1749.02 Section 1749.02
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“Twenty-four hour coverage” is the joint issuance of a workers’ compensation policy with a disability insurance policy, health care service plan contract, or other medical insurance coverage for nonoccupational injuries and illnesses. This product shall not include a life insuran…
Ins. Code § 1749.1 Section 1749.1
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(a) The commissioner shall appoint a curriculum board consisting of representatives of insurance agents, brokers, and life agents trade associations, representatives of insurance companies, consumer groups, bail agents, and independent and public insurance adjusters to develop th…
Ins. Code § 1749.2 Section 1749.2
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The purpose of Sections 1749.3 to 1749.6, inclusive, is to establish requirements and standards for continuing education programs for persons licensed as property broker-agents, casualty broker-agents, and life agents. Sections 1749.3 to 1749.6, inclusive, shall not apply to eith…
Ins. Code § 1749.3 Section 1749.3
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An individual licensed as a life agent or an accident and health or sickness agent and also licensed as a property or casualty broker-agent, or an individual only licensed as a property or casualty broker-agent, shall complete those courses, programs of instruction, or seminars a…
Ins. Code § 1749.31 Section 1749.31
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(a) An individual licensed as a personal lines broker-agent shall complete required continuing education courses, programs of instruction, or seminars approved by the commissioner. The personal lines broker-agent shall complete 24 hours, of which three hours shall be in ethics, d…
Ins. Code § 1749.32 Section 1749.32
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(a) An individual licensed as a limited lines automobile insurance agent shall complete required continuing education courses, programs of instruction, or seminars approved by the commissioner. The minimum number of hours required is 20 hours, of which three hours shall be in eth…
Ins. Code § 1749.33 Section 1749.33
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(a) A life agent licensee shall satisfactorily complete 24 hours of instruction, of which three hours shall be in ethics, prior to renewal of the license. On and after March 1, 2023, the three-hour ethics course shall include one hour of study on insurance fraud. These hours of i…
Ins. Code § 1749.4 Section 1749.4
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The courses or programs of instruction successfully completed that shall be deemed to meet the standards for continuing educational requirements, and the number of classroom hours for which they are equivalent, are as follows: (a) Any part of the Life Underwriter Training Council…
Ins. Code § 1749.5 Section 1749.5
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(a) A person teaching any approved course of instruction or lecturing at any approved seminar shall qualify for the same number of classroom hours as would be granted to a person taking and successfully completing that course, seminar, or program, except that such person shall qu…
Ins. Code § 1749.6 Section 1749.6
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A person failing to meet the requirements imposed by Section 1749.3 or 1749.31, and who has not been granted an extension of time within which to comply by the commissioner shall have that individual’s license automatically terminated until the time that the person demonstrates t…
Ins. Code § 1749.7 Section 1749.7
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The commissioner may, pursuant to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, adopt reasonable rules and regulations necessary for the convenient administration of this article.
Ins. Code § 1749.8 Section 1749.8
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(a) Every life agent who sells annuities shall satisfactorily complete eight hours of training prior to soliciting individual consumers in order to sell annuities. (b) Every life agent who sells annuities shall satisfactorily complete four hours of training prior to each license …
Ins. Code § 1749.81 Section 1749.81
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(a) A life agent licensed on or after January 1, 2024, who sells individual life insurance policies other than term life with no cash value shall satisfactorily complete four hours of training before soliciting individual consumers to sell those life insurance policies. (b) A lif…
Ins. Code § 1749.85 Section 1749.85
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(a) The curriculum committee shall, in 2006, make recommendations to the commissioner to instruct property broker-agents, casualty broker-agents, and personal lines broker-agents and applicants for property broker-agent, casualty broker-agent, and personal lines broker-agent lice…
Ins. Code § 1749.9 Section 1749.9
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Nothing in this article shall require any person exempted from licensure by Section 1634 or 1635 to hold a license as required by Section 1631.
Ins. Code § 1750 Section 1750
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The commissioner shall require, in advance, as a fee for filing application for the hereinafter designated licenses, renewals thereof, or changes in outstanding licenses, an amount calculated as set forth herein. The fee is determined by multiplying the number of license years in…
Ins. Code § 1750.5 Section 1750.5
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(a) The fee for filing an application for a nonresident license described in Section 1639, and renewal thereof or changes in outstanding licenses, shall be the same amount that is established in this code for a resident license of the same type. If the applicant’s state, territor…
Ins. Code § 1751 Section 1751
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The commissioner shall require, in advance, a fee for filing the following documents: (a) Application for registration of change in membership of a copartnership licensed as any of the following: (1) Casualty broker-agent, eighty-five dollars ($85). (2) Property broker-agent, eig…
Ins. Code § 1751.1 Section 1751.1
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(a) The commissioner shall require seventy-five dollars ($75), in advance, as a fee for filing an application for certification as a 12-hour ethics course or continuing education provider pursuant to Section 1749.1. That certification shall be effective for a period of 24 months.…
Ins. Code § 1751.3 Section 1751.3
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The commissioner shall require twenty-nine dollars ($29), in advance, as a fee for filing each notice of appointment or each notice of termination pursuant to Section 1707 of any of the following: (a) A casualty broker-agent to act as an insurance agent. (b) A property broker-age…
Ins. Code § 1751.5 Section 1751.5
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The fees required by this chapter and by Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 1760), Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 1800), and Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 1831) of this part, and by Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 15000) of Division 5 are filing fees, no portion of wh…
Ins. Code § 1751.6 Section 1751.6
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(a) The commissioner may prepare a list of all currently licensed producers. All those lists shall be at the expense of the insurer, organization, or person requesting this service, except that special lists that are a part of the regulatory responsibility of the department may b…
Ins. Code § 1751.7 Section 1751.7
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The commissioner may periodically publish a newsletter containing summaries of rules, regulations, interpretative opinions, and other information as the commissioner deems important to the proper conduct of the insurance business in this state by persons and organizations license…
Ins. Code § 1752 Section 1752
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The commissioner may issue a limited lines travel insurance agent license to any organization engaged in transacting travel insurance through travel retailers not otherwise meeting the conditions set forth in Section 1754.
Ins. Code § 1753 Section 1753
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As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Limited lines travel insurance agent” means an insurer designee that is licensed to transact travel insurance, as defined in subdivision (b). (b) “Transact” means, for the purposes of this article, the…
Ins. Code § 1754 Section 1754
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Transaction of travel insurance under the license of an organization holding a limited lines travel insurance agent license shall be subject to the following conditions: (a) A limited lines travel insurance agent may authorize a travel retailer to transact travel insurance on beh…
Ins. Code § 1755 Section 1755
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(a) An applicant for a limited lines travel insurance agent license under this article shall submit the following documents to the commissioner: (1) A written application for licensure, signed by the applicant or an officer of the applicant, in the form prescribed by the commissi…