California Codes > Insurance Code > General Provisions California Codes > Insurance Code > General Provisions Current as of: 2024 | Check for updates | Other versions § 1 This act shall be known as the Insurance Code. § 2 The provisions of this code in so far as they are substantially the … § 3 All persons who, at the time this code goes into effect, hold office … § 4 No action or proceeding commenced before this code takes effect, and … § 5 Unless the context otherwise requires, the general provisions … § 6 Division, part, chapter, article, and section headings contained … § 7 Whenever, by the provisions of this code, a power is granted to a … § 8 Writing includes any form of recorded message capable of … § 9 Whenever any reference is made to any portion of this code or of any … § 10 “Section” means a section of this code unless some other statute is … § 11 The present tense includes the past and future tenses; and the … § 12 The masculine gender includes the feminine and neuter. § 12.2 “Spouse” includes “registered domestic partner,” as required by … § 13 The singular number includes the plural, and the plural the singular. § 14 “County” includes “city and county.” § 15 “City” includes “city and county.” § 16 As used in this code the word “shall” is mandatory and the word “may” … § 17 “Oath” includes affirmation. § 18 “Signature” or “subscription” includes mark when the signer or … § 19 “Person” means any person, association, organization, partnership, … § 20 “Commissioner” means the Insurance Commissioner of this State. § 20.5 Whenever in this code the terms “State Industrial Accident … § 21 “Division,” and “department,” in reference to the government of this … § 21.5 (a) “Administrative law bureau” or “administrative hearing … § 22 Insurance is a contract whereby one undertakes to indemnify another … § 23 The person who undertakes to indemnify another by insurance is the … § 24 “Admitted,” in relation to a person, means entitled to transact … § 25 “Nonadmitted,” in relation to a person, means not entitled to … § 26 “Domestic” means organized under the laws of this State, whether or … § 27 “Foreign” means not organized under the laws of this State, whether … § 28 “State” means the State of California, unless applied to the … § 29 “Mortgage” includes a trust deed, “mortgagor” includes a trustor … § 30 “Resident” means residing in this State, “nonresident” means not … § 31 “Insurance agent” means a person authorized, by and on behalf of an … § 32 (a) A life and accident and health or sickness licensee is a … § 32.5 “Life and disability insurance analyst” means a person who, for a fee … § 33 “Insurance broker” means a person who, for compensation and on behalf … § 33.5 (a) “Casualty broker-agent” means a person licensed pursuant to … § 34 “Insurance solicitor” means a natural person employed to aid a … § 35 “Transact” as applied to insurance includes any of the … § 36 “Paid-in capital” or “capital paid-in” means:(a) In the case of … § 37 Provisions of this code relating to a particular class of insurance … § 38 Unless expressly otherwise provided, any notice required to be given … § 38.6 (a) (1) A written record required to be given or mailed to … § 38.8 Insurers shall maintain a system for electronically confirming a … § 39 If any provision of this code, or the application thereof to any … § 40 The existence of insurers formed prior to the date this code takes … § 41 All insurance in this State is governed by the provisions of this … § 42 The designation of insurance coverage as “group” in any code or law … § 44 Any person who willfully and knowingly makes, circulates, or … § 45 (a) “Electronic funds transfer” means any transfer of funds, … § 46 The Legislature hereby declares its intent that the term “workmen’s … § 47 “Surplus line broker” means a person licensed under Section 1765 and … § 48 A “surplus line broker certificate” means a certificate issued by a … Ask an insurance law question, get an answer ASAP!Click here to chat with a lawyer about your rights.
