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Part 2 - THE BUSINESS OF INSURANCE

California Insurance Code — §§ 680-1879.8

Chapter 1 - General Regulations

Article 1 - Charter Requirements

Article 1.5 - Retaliation

Article 1.7 - Continuity of Management

Article 2 - Capital Structure

Article 3 - Certificate of Authority

Article 4 - Examination by Commissioner

Article 4.1 - Risk-Based Capital for Insurers

§§ 739-739.12

Article 4.5 - Special Provisions Regarding Health Coverage

Article 4.7 - Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements

§§ 742.20-742.43

Article 5 - Unlawful Referrals

Article 5.1 - Unlawful Practices

Article 5.2 - Consumer Protection in Sales of Insurance by or Through Depository Institutions

Article 5.3 - Agents and Brokers

§§ 769-769.56

Article 5.4 - Managing General Agents

§§ 769.80-769.87

Article 5.5 - Insurance in Connection With Sales and Loans

Article 5.7 - Free Insurance

§§ 777.1-777.3

Article 5.8 - Premium Financing

Article 5.9 - Credit Life and Disability Insurance

§§ 779.1-779.36

Article 6 - Misrepresentation of Policies

Article 6.3 - Senior Insurance

§§ 785-789.10

Article 6.5 - Unfair Practices

§§ 790-790.15

Article 6.6 - Insurance Information and Privacy Protection Act

§§ 791-791.29

Article 6.7 - Joint Activities

Article 6.8 - Claims Reviewers

§§ 796.01-796.04

Article 6.9 - The Equal Insurance HIV Act

§§ 799-799.11

Article 7 - Restrictions on Underwriting

Article 7.3 - Servicing of Insurance Contracts

Article 7.5 - Restrictions on Compensation of Adjusters

Article 8 - Issue of Securities

Article 9 - Registration of Insurers’ Names

Article 10 - Financial Statements of Insurers

Article 10.1 - California Insurance Community Investment

Article 10.2 - Minority, Women, LGBT, Veteran, and Disabled Veteran Business Enterprises

Article 10.3 - Single Risk Limitation

Article 10.4 - Wildfire Risk Information Reporting

Article 10.5 - National Association of Insurance Commissioners

Article 10.6 - Own Risk and Solvency Assessment

§§ 935.1-935.11

Article 10.8 - Corporate Governance Disclosure Act

§§ 936.1-936.9

Article 10.85 - Insurance and Climate Risk Market Intelligence Act

Article 10.9 - Zero-Emission Heavy-Duty Truck Data Reporting

Article 11 - Deposit of Securities

Article 12 - Wildfire Safety and Risk Mitigation Program

Article 13 - Insolvency

Article 13.3 - Obligations of Automobile Insurers and Their Agents Under Contingent and Retrospective Compensation Arrangements

Article 13.5 - Disability Insurance Reserves

Article 14 - Proceedings in Cases of Insolvency and Delinquency

Article 14.2 - California Insurance Guarantee Association

§§ 1063-1063.19

Article 14.26 - California Insurance Guarantee Association Bond Funds

§§ 1063.70-1063.78

Article 14.3 - Uniform Liquidation Act

§§ 1064.1-1064.13

Article 14.5 - Stop Order Power of the Commissioner

§§ 1065.1-1065.7

Article 14.7 - California Life and Health Insurance Guarantee Association

§§ 1067-1067.19

Article 14.8 - Group Enrollment from Health Care Service Plans

§§ 1068-1068.2

Article 15 - Withdrawal of Insurers

Article 15.5 - Administrative Supervision

§§ 1077-1077.95

Article 16 - Approval of Reinsurance Plans

Article 17 - Loans and Investments

§§ 1100-1107.1

Article 18 - Multiple Insurer Operations

Chapter 2 - Incorporated Insurers

Article 1 - General

Article 2 - Restrictions on Activities

Article 3 - General Investments

Article 3.5 - Disclosure of Material Transactions

Article 4 - Property Authorized for Excess Funds Investments

Article 4.5 - Leeway Law

Article 4.6 - Hedging

Article 4.7 - Insurance Holding Company System Regulatory Act

§§ 1215-1215.18

Article 4.8 - Business Transacted with Producer Controlled Insurer

§§ 1216-1216.6

Article 5 - Life Insurance Policies

Article 5.5 - Life Insurance Policy Loans

§§ 1230-1239.5

Article 6 - Foreign Investments

Article 7 - Valuation of Investments

Article 8 - Reinsurance Transactions

Chapter 3 - Reciprocal Insurers

§§ 1280-1560.19

Article 1 - General Provisions

Article 2 - Organization of Exchange

Article 3 - Filing of Documents

Article 4 - Certificate of Authority

§§ 1350-1350.5

Article 5 - Finances

Article 6 - Assessment of Insurers

Article 7 - Dividends

Article 8 - Reports and Examination

Article 9 - Suits

Article 10 - Policy

Article 11 - Rebates

Article 12 - Agents and Brokers

Article 13 - Penalties

Article 14 - Tax Provisions

Article 15 - Merger

Article 16 - Merger of Certain Reciprocal Insurers

Article 17 - Conversion of Certain Reciprocal Insurers to Incorporated Stock Insurers

§§ 1560-1560.19

Chapter 4 - Foreign Insurers

§§ 1561-1620.7

Article 1 - Conditions of Doing Business

Article 2 - Alien Insurers

Article 3 - Agent for Service of Process

Article 4 - Actions Against Nonadmitted Insurers

Article 4.5 - Unauthorized Insurers False Advertising Process Act

§§ 1620.1-1620.7

Chapter 5 - Production Agencies

§§ 1621-1758.993

Article 1 - Definitions

Article 2 - Comprehensive Definitions

Article 3 - Licensing

Article 4 - Applications

Article 5 - Bonds

Article 6 - License Qualifications

Article 7 - License Qualification Examinations

Article 8 - Certificates of Convenience

Article 9 - Issuance of Licenses

§§ 1702-1707.7

Article 10 - Termination of Licenses

§§ 1708-1712.5

Article 11 - License Terms

Article 12 - Conduct of Licensee

§§ 1724-1736.5

Article 13 - Disciplinary Actions

§§ 1737-1748.5

Article 13.5 - Prelicensing and Continuing Education

§§ 1749-1749.9

Article 14 - Fees

§§ 1750-1751.7

Article 15 - Travel Insurance Agents

Article 15.5 - Cargo Shippers’ Agents

§§ 1757.1-1757.3

Article 16 - Variable Contract Agents

§§ 1758.1-1758.5

Article 16.1 - Portable Electronics Insurance

§§ 1758.6-1758.693

Article 16.3 - Self-Service Storage Agents

§§ 1758.7-1758.792

Article 16.6 - Car Rental Agents

§§ 1758.8-1758.891

Article 16.7 - Credit Insurance Agents

§§ 1758.9-1758.993

Chapter 5 - A. Administrators

§§ 1759-1759.10

Chapter 6 - Surplus Line Brokers

Chapter 6.1 - Surplus Line Advisory Organization

§§ 1780.50-1780.67

Chapter 6.5 - Reinsurance Intermediaries

§§ 1781.1-1781.14

Chapter 7 - Bail Licenses

Article 1 - Qualification and Licensing

Chapter 8 - Life and Disability Insurance Analysts

Chapter 9 - Rates and Rating and Other Organizations

§§ 1850.4-1861.16

Chapter - Purpose and Scope of Chapter

§§ 1850.4-1851.1

Article 2 - Making and Use of Rates

§§ 1853.5-1853.9

Article 2.5 - Making and Use of Rates—Insurance of Properties Being Purchased From Department of Veterans Affairs

§§ 1853.95-1853.97

Article 4 - Advisory Organizations

§§ 1855-1855.5

Article 5 - Joint Underwriting and Joint Reinsurance

Article 6 - Records and Examinations

§§ 1857-1857.4

Article 6.5 - Recording and Reporting of Loss and Expense Experience

§§ 1857.7-1857.9

Article 7 - Hearings, Procedure and Judicial Review

§§ 1858-1858.7

Article 8 - Penalties

§§ 1859-1859.1

Article 9 - Miscellaneous

§§ 1860-1860.3

Article 10 - [Reduction and Control of Insurance Rates]

§§ 1861.01-1861.16

Chapter 10 - Child Care Insurance Act

Chapter 10.5 - Risk Retention

Chapter 12 - The Insurance Frauds Prevention Act

§§ 1871-1879.8

Article 1 - False and Fraudulent Claims

§§ 1871-1871.10

Article 2 - Bureau of Fraudulent Claims

§§ 1872-1872.96

Article 3 - Insurance Fraud Reporting

§§ 1873-1873.4

Article 4 - Motor Vehicle Theft and Motor Vehicle Insurance Fraud Reporting

§§ 1874-1874.8

Article 4.5 - Insurer Inspections

§§ 1874.85-1874.87

Article 4.6 - Auto Insurance Fraud Crisis Areas

Article 5 - Arson Investigations

§§ 1875-1875.8

Article 5.5 - Insurance Claims Analysis Bureaus

§§ 1875.10-1875.18

Article 5.6 - Insurer Fraud Investigation

§§ 1875.20-1875.24

Article 6 - Deposit of Automobile Insurance Claims Information

§§ 1876-1876.5

Article 7 - Workers’ Compensation Insurance Fraud Reporting

§§ 1877-1877.5

Article 8 - Insurance Fraud Prevention

§§ 1879-1879.8