Title INS — California Ins. Code
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Ins. Code § 10510 Section 10510
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An incorporated life insurer issuing policies on the reserve basis shall not transact life insurance in this state unless it has a paid-in capital of at least two million two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($2,250,000) plus the surplus required by Section 700.02 and Section 700.0…
Ins. Code § 10511 Section 10511
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If authorized by its charter, such an incorporated life insurer may, except as provided in Section 700.03, transact, in addition to life insurance, any of the following classes of insurance if its total paid-in capital is at least two million two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($…
Ins. Code § 10512 Section 10512
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An insurer holding a certificate of authority for life insurance and any other proper class on December 31, 1989, shall be governed by the provisions of Section 700.05, 10510, and 10511 in effect on December 31, 1989, until December 31, 1999. After December 31, 1999, any insurer …
Ins. Code § 10530 Section 10530
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(a) A domestic incorporated life insurer issuing policies on the reserve plan shall not make any dividends, except from earned surplus. (b) No dividends shall be declared out of earned surplus derived from the mere appreciation in the value of assets not yet realized, nor shall a…
Ins. Code § 10540 Section 10540
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An incorporated life insurer issuing life insurance policies on the reserve basis may collect premiums in advance. Such insurers may also accept moneys for the payment of future premiums related to any policies issued by it. No such insurer may accept such moneys in an amount to …
Ins. Code § 10541 Section 10541
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(a) Insurers authorized to deliver or issue for delivery life insurance policies in this state may deliver or issue for delivery one or more funding agreements, but the issuance or delivery of those funding agreements shall not be deemed to be doing the insurance business describ…
Ins. Code § 520 Section 520
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An agreement not to transfer the claim of the insured against the insurer after a loss has happened, is void if made before the loss except as otherwise provided in Article 2 of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of Division 2 of this code.
Ins. Code § 530 Section 530
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An insurer is liable for a loss of which a peril insured against was the proximate cause, although a peril not contemplated by the contract may have been a remote cause of the loss; but he is not liable for a loss of which the peril insured against was only a remote cause. (Enact…
Ins. Code § 530.5 Section 530.5
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If a loss or damage results from a combination of perils, one of which is a landslide, mudslide, mudflow, or debris flow, coverage shall be provided if an insured peril is the efficient proximate cause of the loss or damage and coverage would otherwise be provided for the insured…
Ins. Code § 531 Section 531
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An insurer is liable: (a) Where the thing insured is rescued from a peril insured against, and which would otherwise have caused a loss, if, in the course of such rescue, the thing is exposed to a peril not insured against, and which permanently deprives the insured of its posses…
Ins. Code § 532 Section 532
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If a peril is specially excepted in a contract of insurance and there is a loss which would not have occurred but for such peril, such loss is thereby excepted even though the immediate cause of the loss was a peril which was not excepted. (Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 145.)
Ins. Code § 533 Section 533
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An insurer is not liable for a loss caused by the wilful act of the insured; but he is not exonerated by the negligence of the insured, or of the insured’s agents or others. (Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 145.)
Ins. Code § 533.5 Section 533.5
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(a) No policy of insurance shall provide, or be construed to provide, any coverage or indemnity for the payment of any fine, penalty, or restitution in any criminal action or proceeding or in any action or proceeding brought pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 17200) o…
Ins. Code § 533.7 Section 533.7
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Notwithstanding any other law, an insurer may defend a duly licensed physician or surgeon against any cause of action involving the performance of any act for which a physician’s and surgeon’s certificate is required.
Ins. Code § 550 Section 550
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In case of loss upon an insurance against fire, an insurer is exonerated if notice thereof is not given to him without unnecessary delay by an insured or some person entitled to the benefit of the insurance. (Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 145.)
Ins. Code § 551 Section 551
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Except in the case of life, marine, or fire insurance, notice of an accident, injury, or death may be given at any time within twenty days after the event, to the insurer under a policy against loss therefrom. In such a policy, no requirement of notice within a lesser period shal…
Ins. Code § 552 Section 552
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When preliminary proof of loss is required by a policy, the insured is not bound to give such proof as would be necessary in a court of justice; but it is sufficient for him to give the best evidence in his power at the time. (Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 145.)
Ins. Code § 553 Section 553
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All defects in a notice of loss, or in preliminary proof thereof, which the insured might remedy, and which the insurer omits to specify to him, without unnecessary delay, as grounds of objection, are waived. (Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 145.)
Ins. Code § 554 Section 554
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Delay in the presentation to an insurer of notice or proof of loss is waived, if caused by an act of his, or if he omits to make objection promptly and specifically upon that ground. (Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 145.)
Ins. Code § 555 Section 555
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If a policy requires, by way of preliminary proof of loss, the certificate or testimony of a person other than the insured or beneficiary, there is sufficient compliance with the requirement if the insured or the beneficiary (a) uses reasonable diligence to procure the certificat…
Ins. Code § 557 Section 557
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It is a misdemeanor for any person alone or in concert to prepare or make any bid or other writing which falsely purports to be a bona fide offer to repair a damaged motor vehicle or any other damaged property, with the intent that the same be used for the purpose of fraudulently…
Ins. Code § 557.5 Section 557.5
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(a) A peace officer, member of the Department of the California Highway Patrol, or firefighter shall not be required to report, nor shall any employer of the same be authorized to request or require that a peace officer, member of the Department of the California Highway Patrol, …
Ins. Code § 560 Section 560
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(a) An insurer that issues a policy providing automobile collision coverage, as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 660, or automobile physical damage coverage, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 660, shall, if a covered automobile is damaged by collision or otherwise and…
Ins. Code § 570 Section 570
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Except in the event that the insurer has previously obtained a release on a loss, each insurer which issues, amends, or renews, on or after January 1, 1975, a policy of insurance covering repair or reconstruction work on commercial, industrial, or residential real property and ap…
Ins. Code § 571 Section 571
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Where the insurer has authorized the work and its liability is not in dispute, the direct payment provided for by Section 570 shall be made to the contractor performing the work not later than 30 days after the insurer has actual knowledge that the conditions of subdivisions (a) …
Ins. Code § 572 Section 572
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As used in this article, the term “loss payee” shall include, but not be limited to, any mortgagee of the insured real property.
Ins. Code § 580 Section 580
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Every insurer required to make payment for a loss, may, with the consent of the insured, make payment by an electronic funds transfer. An insurer may not require an insured to consent to payment by an electronic funds transfer.
Ins. Code § 6 Section 6
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Disability ........................ 250,000
Ins. Code § 7080 Section 7080
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Five or more insurers, operating under Chapter 5 of this part and having insurance liabilities exceeding a total of $150,000 which they wish to reinsure, may incorporate for the purpose of mutual reinsurance against any loss or damage by any hazard which county mutual fire insure…
Ins. Code § 7081 Section 7081
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Upon payment in advance of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) cash, lawful money of the United States, to the commissioner for all services to be rendered by him in the matter of the organization of the reinsurer, such insurers shall first file with the commissioner a declaration o…
Ins. Code § 7082 Section 7082
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The declaration shall be signed by the president and secretary of each of the incorporators. It shall be accompanied by a certified copy of a resolution passed by the board of directors of each incorporator stating that it is the desire of the particular insurer to become one of …
Ins. Code § 7083 Section 7083
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The articles shall be executed by each incorporator through its president or secretary, each signature being acknowledged as required by the general corporation law. (Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 145.)
Ins. Code § 7084 Section 7084
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The commissioner shall examine the proposed articles of incorporation, and if they conform to this chapter, he shall deliver to such incorporators a certificate permitting them to incorporate as such reinsurer. The certificate shall contain the proposed articles of incorporation.…
Ins. Code § 7085 Section 7085
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Upon filing with the Secretary of State of the articles of incorporation and the certificate provided for in Section 7084, the incorporation of the reinsurer shall be complete and it may engage in business as such reinsurer upon applying for and obtaining from the commissioner a …
Ins. Code § 7086 Section 7086
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Three delegates shall be elected by each member at its regular annual meeting to represent it at all meetings of the reinsurer. (Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 145.)
Ins. Code § 7087 Section 7087
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The delegates shall be elected by ballot and shall hold office for one year, or until their successors have been elected and qualified. (Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 145.)
Ins. Code § 7088 Section 7088
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The annual meeting of the members of the reinsurer shall be held on the third Monday in February of each year.
Ins. Code § 7089 Section 7089
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At such meeting one director shall be elected from the delegates of each member so that the number of directors is equal to the number of members of the reinsurer. The by-laws shall fix the manner of, and time for, increasing or diminishing the number of member insurers and, corr…
Ins. Code § 7090 Section 7090
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In the election of the first board of directors each member insurer shall be entitled to one vote. At every subsequent election, each delegate from each member shall have as many votes as there are directors to be elected, and he may cast the votes in person or by proxy, distribu…
Ins. Code § 7091 Section 7091
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The directors of the reinsurer shall elect from their own number a president, a vice president, and an executive committee of three. They shall also elect a treasurer and a secretary, who need not be members of any member insurer nor natural persons. (Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. …
Ins. Code § 7092 Section 7092
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The directors and all of such officers shall hold office for one year from the date of their election, and until their successors are elected and qualified. (Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 145.)
Ins. Code § 7093 Section 7093
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The treasurer and secretary shall give bonds to the reinsurer in such amounts as are prescribed by the board of directors, conditioned upon the faithful performance of their duties. (Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 145.)
Ins. Code § 8 Section 8
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Liability 9. Workers’ compensation 10. Common carrier liability ⎫ _____ ⎪ _____ ⎬ ........................ ⎪ _____ ⎭ _____ 300,000 for all or any of them
Ins. Code § 8010 Section 8010
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Upon organizing under its articles of incorporation, such reinsurer may carry on a fire reinsurance business as provided by this chapter. (Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 145.)
Ins. Code § 8011 Section 8011
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Such reinsurer and its directors shall possess such of the usual powers, and be subject to such of the usual duties of corporations and directors thereof as are necessary for the management of its affairs in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, including the power to p…
Ins. Code § 8030 Section 8030
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Any county mutual fire insurer in this State may become a member of such a reinsurer and entitled to all the rights and privileges appertaining thereto. (Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 145.)
Ins. Code § 8031 Section 8031
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County mutual fire insurers, upon becoming members of such reinsurer, shall give it their written obligation binding themselves and their successors to pay their pro rata share of the necessary expenses and loss sustained by any member of the reinsurer during the time for which t…
Ins. Code § 8050 Section 8050
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Restrictions on risks as to “distances,” “city or town block,” “closely built up district,” “one risk,” and “clear space,” in chapter 5 of this part are binding upon such reinsurers and shall govern the writing of all reinsurance. (Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 145.)
Ins. Code § 8051 Section 8051
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All such reinsurers shall classify the reinsured subject matter at the time of issuing policies thereon, under rates corresponding as nearly as practicable to the several kinds of subject matter. (Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 145.)
Ins. Code § 8052 Section 8052
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Such reinsurer may write reinsurance on property which is located in this State and which is insured in any member insurer. (Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 145.)