ARTICLE 4. Assigned Risk Plans
Article 4 added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 39.
§§ 11620–11627 · 24 sections
- § 11620 (a) The commissioner, after a public hearing, shall approve or issue a reasonable plan for the equitable apportionment, among insurers admitted to transact…
- § 11621.1 In the event an insurer discontinues writing automobile liability insurance in this state but retains its license to write that business, it shall continue to…
- § 11621.2 (a) An insurer that is no longer licensed to write automobile liability insurance in this state shall have its plan business treated in the same manner as its…
- § 11621.3 Insurer groups under the same ownership may elect to be treated as one insurer for purposes of participating in the plan and receiving its assignments and…
- § 11621.4 (a) New plan assignments to a participating insurer may be suspended or a participating insurer may be relieved of its obligation to renew existing assigned…
- § 11621.5 (a) In the event proceedings have been initiated by the commissioner to have an insurer declared insolvent, and a receiver or liquidator has been appointed,…
- § 11622 (a) A plan shall require the issuance of a policy affording coverage in the amount of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) for bodily injury to, or death of,…
- § 11622.5 The plan shall provide for effective dates for coverage consistent with all of the following: (a) Except as provided in this section, in no event shall…
- § 11623 (a) (1) To assist the commissioner in carrying out the purposes of this article, an advisory committee composed of 15 members is created. The commissioner…
- § 11623.5 (a) Groups of insurers not under common ownership or management may form a limited assignment distribution arrangement. Each arrangement shall have one…
- § 11624 The plan shall contain: (a) Standards for determining eligibility of applicants for insurance, including a requirement of a certificate of eligibility as…
- § 11624.08 The plan shall require a certificate of eligibility to accompany the application for coverage. The certificate shall indicate whether or not the applicant…
- § 11624.09 Upon a determination by the plan that a certificate of eligibility is defective due to an omission or mistake which is immaterial to determining the…
- § 11624.1 (a) An insurer shall mail a policy within 30 days of the receipt of an assignment. (b) Upon the determination of an insurer to whom an assignment is made that…
- § 11624.2 (a) An insurer shall acknowledge in writing within 15 days the receipt of a request for the endorsement of an assigned risk policy. The mailing of the…
- § 11624.3 Any return premium checks due to an insured or to a lender subject to the provisions of subdivision (g) of Section 673 on account of a cancellation or…
- § 11624.4 Every insurer to whom an assignment is made shall do all of the following: (a) Provide policyholders with information on how to report claims. (b) Provide…
- § 11624.5 No insurance agent, broker or solicitor shall make any charge to the applicant, directly or indirectly, for furnishing any person the necessary application…
- § 11624.6 Every insurer, agent, or broker assigned an application by the plan may conclusively rely on the acceptance, rejection, or waiver of coverages stated in the…
- § 11624.7 Within 60 days after the effective date of any policy issued or renewed under this article, the insurer shall obtain from the Department of Motor Vehicles, or…
- § 11625 If an insurer admitted to transact liability insurance fails to subscribe to the plan or to any amendments thereto, the commissioner shall give 10 days’…
- § 11626 If the commissioner, after hearing upon not less than ten (10) days’ notice, finds that any insurer has failed to perform any of the duties required of it by…
- § 11626.1 (a) No insurer shall downgrade the rating, or otherwise adversely affect the insurability, of a person insured under Section 11622.1 solely because of that…
- § 11627 In this article, “insurer” includes reciprocal or interinsurance exchanges.