ARTICLE 1. Generally
Article 1 enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 145.
§§ 12919–12938 · 35 sections
- § 12919 Communications to the commissioner or any person in the commissioner’s office in respect to any fact concerning the holder of, or applicant for, any…
- § 12920 The commissioner shall determine the sufficiency and validity of all securities required to be given by persons engaged, or to be engaged, in insurance…
- § 12920.5 In addition to and independent of any and all other proper causes for refusal by the commissioner to approve or accept any bond filed or presented for filing…
- § 12921 (a) The commissioner shall perform all duties imposed upon the commissioner by the provisions of this code and other laws regulating the business of insurance…
- § 12921.1 (a) The commissioner shall establish a program on or before July 1, 1991, to investigate complaints and respond to inquiries received pursuant to Section…
- § 12921.15 (a) On or before July 1, 1999, the commissioner shall prepare a written report, to be made available by the department to interested individuals upon written…
- § 12921.2 All public records of the department and the commissioner subject to disclosure under Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the…
- § 12921.3 (a) The commissioner, in person or through employees of the department, shall receive complaints and inquiries, investigate complaints, prosecute insurers or…
- § 12921.4 (a) The commissioner shall, upon receipt of a written complaint with respect to the handling of an insurance claim or other obligation under a policy by an…
- § 12921.5 The commissioner may in person or through employees of the division meet with persons, organizations and associations interested in insurance for the purpose…
- § 12921.6 (a) (1) If no fee is designated in this code for the review of filings required to be made pursuant to this code, the commissioner may establish a fee to…
- § 12921.7 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the following shall apply to the adoption by the commissioner of any regulation as an emergency regulation pursuant…
- § 12921.8 (a) The commissioner may do the following: (1) Issue a cease and desist order to a person who has acted in a capacity for which a license, registration, or…
- § 12921.9 (a) A letter or legal opinion signed by the Commissioner or the Chief Counsel of the Department of Insurance that was prepared in response to an inquiry from…
- § 12922 The commissioner shall, on or before the first day of August in each year, make a report to the Governor, the Legislature, and to the committees of the Senate…
- § 12922.5 (a) The commissioner shall convene a working group to identify, assess, and recommend risk transfer market mechanisms that: (1) Promote investment in natural…
- § 12923 (a) With respect to all classes of insurance (1) to (20), inclusive, as defined in Sections 101 to 120, inclusive, “actuary,” for the purposes of this section,…
- § 12923.5 (a) The Department of Managed Health Care and the Department of Insurance shall maintain a joint senior level working group to ensure clarity for health care…
- § 12924 (a) The commissioner may issue subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum for witnesses to attend, testify, and produce documents before the commissioner, on any…
- § 12925 The commissioner shall keep and preserve in a permanent form a full record of the commissioner’s proceedings, including a concise statement of the condition of…
- § 12926 The commissioner shall require from every insurer a full compliance with all the provisions of this code.
- § 12926.1 (a) In any matter involving compliance with or enforcement of any of the provisions of this code or the other laws of this state involving any entity subject…
- § 12926.2 (a) As used in this section, “extraordinary circumstances” means circumstances outside of the control of a licensee that severely and materially affect the…
- § 12927 All statements, estimates, percentages, payments, and calculations, required by this code to be made, either by the commissioner or insurers, shall be made on…
- § 12928 Whenever the commissioner ascertains that any insurer or any of its agents, officers or employees or any other person is guilty of violating any of the penal…
- § 12928.5 Whenever facts exist by reason of which, under any provision of this code, or other laws the commissioner may suspend, revoke, or deny any license or…
- § 12928.6 (a) Whenever the commissioner believes, from evidence satisfactory to the commissioner, that a person is violating or about to violate this code or an order or…
- § 12928.7 (a) The commissioner may order a respondent to provide restitution for a loss arising from the respondent’s conduct. If the facts and equity permit, with a…
- § 12929 Irrespective of any provision in any law of this state the commissioner, pursuant to this code, has been and is authorized to correct: by amendment, by partial…
- § 12930 Offenses under this code, or under other laws relating to insurers, shall be prosecuted and tried in all respects as provided in the Penal Code for public…
- § 12931 (a) Service of legal process, notices, or other papers described in or referred to by Section 1452, 1605, 1610, 1612, 11104, or 11105 may be made upon the…
- § 12935 (a) The commissioner, by January 1, 1997, shall develop and make available to the general public, in the two most common non-English languages spoken in the…
- § 12936 (a) (1) Escheated funds deposited in the Insurance Fund pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 1523 of the Code of Civil Procedure shall be transferred to the…
- § 12937 (a) Escheated funds deposited in the Insurance Fund pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 1517 of the Code of Civil Procedure shall be available for…
- § 12938 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department shall make available for public inspection and publish on its Internet Web site all of the…