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CA Ins Code § 12939.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 3 - THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER|CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties|ARTICLE 1.1 - The California Community Development Financial Institution Tax Credit Program|Section 12939.1.

12939.1.  (a) The department, California Organized Investment Network (COIN), or any successor thereof, shall require the CDFIs receiving tax credit investments pursuant to Sections 12209, 17053.57, and 23657 of the Revenue and Taxation Code to submit reports to the department, COIN, or any successor thereof, on their use of the program and may specify by notice to those CDFIs the form, content, and manner of the reports.(b) Biennially the department, COIN, or any successor thereof, shall include in the report required by Section 12922, information on the CDFI tax credit program based on the reports submitted by the CDFIs pursuant to subdivision (a).(c) On or before December 31, 2010, the Legislative Analyst shall prepare an analysis, based upon data provided by the Franchise Tax Board, the Department of Insurance, and COIN, to the Legislative Analyst on or before September 30, 2010, of the tax credit investments provided for in Sections 12209, 17053.57, and 23657 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, including, but not limited to, the credits’ fiscal impact, what programs, projects, and other uses were funded or carried out by the CDFIs that were supported in whole or in part by the tax credit investments, and the resulting benefits to economically disadvantaged communities and low income people in California.(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 580, Sec. 1. Effective September 28, 2006.)
CA Ins Code § 12939.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 3 - THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER|CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties|ARTICLE 1.1 - The California Community Development Financial Institution Tax Credit Program|Section 12939.2.

12939.2.  (a) The commissioner may establish and appoint a California Organized Investment Network Advisory Board.(b) For purposes of this section, all of the following shall apply:(1) “Commissioner” means the Insurance Commissioner of this state.(2) “Board” means the California Organized Investment Network Advisory Board.(3) “Licensed attorney” means an attorney who resides in this state who has successfully passed the California bar examination and has been admitted to practice in this state or has otherwise been licensed to practice law in this state by the State Bar of California.(c) The board shall include the commissioner, or the commissioner’s designee, three executives in the insurance investment industry, and one volunteer from each of the following categories:(1) A licensed attorney practicing insurance law.(2) A member of the public, appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly.(3) A member of the public, appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules.(4) A member of a consumer advocacy group.(5) An affordable housing practitioner.(6) A local economic development practitioner.(7) A member of a financial institution or a community development financial institution.(8) A representative with experience seeking investments for underserved or low-to-moderate-income or rural communities.(9) A representative with experience seeking investments that provide environmental benefits.(d) The board shall elect, from among its members, a chair and vice chair.(e) The term of each member shall be for two years.(f) The board shall have all of the following powers and duties:(1) To advise the California Organized Investment Network, or its successor, on the best methods to increase the level of insurance industry capital in safe and sound investments while providing fair returns to investors and social or economic benefits to underserved and low-to-moderate-income communities, as well as environmental benefits.(2) To meet a minimum of three or more times per year, or as deemed necessary by the commissioner.(3) To facilitate contacts among executives at insurance companies, community-based organizations, and community development financial institutions.(4) To recommend programmatic guidelines, but not specific allocations of the tax credit amount, to the California Organized Investment Network program.(g) The members of the board shall not receive compensation from the state for their services under this section, but, when called to attend a meeting of the board, may be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in connection with the meeting.(h) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2029, and as of that date is repealed.(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 186, Sec. 4. (AB 1099) Effective January 1, 2020. Repealed as of January 1, 2029, by its own provisions.)
CA Ins Code § 12940 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 3 - THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER|CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties|ARTICLE 2 - Review of Commissioner s Acts|Section 12940.

12940.  The acts and orders of the commissioner are subject to such review, or other action by a court of competent jurisdiction, as is permitted or authorized by law.(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 145.)
CA Ins Code § 12950 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 3 - THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER|CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties|ARTICLE 3 - Procuring Information on Policies|Section 12950.

12950.  Any person interested as owner, assignee, pledgee or payee, of any policy and desiring any information about such policy, may apply to the commissioner for a certificate of the facts or information desired. Such application, filed in duplicate, shall be accompanied by an affidavit, in duplicate, showing his interest in the policy.(Amended by Stats. 1972, Ch. 181.)
CA Ins Code § 12951 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 3 - THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER|CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties|ARTICLE 3 - Procuring Information on Policies|Section 12951.

12951.  If the records of his office show the facts or information desired, the commissioner shall prepare his certificate reciting such facts or information. If his records do not show the facts or information desired, he may deliver or mail by certified mail an order to the insurer, directing it to state such information or facts in an affidavit and deliver such affidavit to him. If such insurer is a foreign insurer, the commissioner may deliver or mail by certified mail such order to its agent for service of process.(Amended by Stats. 1972, Ch. 181.)
CA Ins Code § 12952 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 3 - THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER|CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties|ARTICLE 3 - Procuring Information on Policies|Section 12952.

12952.  In such affidavit the insurer shall make a full, true and correct statement of all the desired facts and information in its possession, regardless of the location of its record of such information.(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 145.)
CA Ins Code § 12953 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 3 - THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER|CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties|ARTICLE 3 - Procuring Information on Policies|Section 12953.

12953.  If such insurer neglects or refuses to make and deliver such affidavit to the commissioner within ninety days from the date of the delivery of the order by the commissioner to it or its agent for service of process, the commissioner shall revoke the certificate of authority of the insurer.(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 145.)
CA Ins Code § 12954 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 3 - THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER|CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties|ARTICLE 3 - Procuring Information on Policies|Section 12954.

12954.  Immediately after receiving such affidavit from an insurer the commissioner shall certify such affidavit to the applicant. Such affidavit so certified by the commissioner shall be delivered to the applicant personally or by depositing it in the United States post office, addressed to the applicant, with postage prepaid thereon.(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 145.)
CA Ins Code § 12955 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 3 - THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER|CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties|ARTICLE 3 - Procuring Information on Policies|Section 12955.

12955.  If a loss is sustained under a policy of insurance and such policy has been lost or destroyed, all rights of every kind and nature, the time for the presentation of notice of loss, and the time for the presentation of proof of loss are stayed from the date such applicant delivers to the commissioner the affidavit showing his interest until and after five days after the date of the delivery by the commissioner to the applicant of the affidavit furnished by the insurer.(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 145.)
CA Ins Code § 12956 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 3 - THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER|CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties|ARTICLE 3 - Procuring Information on Policies|Section 12956.

12956.  Forms of policies filed with the commissioner and writings in respect thereto shall be open to public inspection except where, in his judgment, the public welfare or the welfare of any insurer demands that any portion thereof be not made public. In such cases he may withhold such information from public inspection for such time as in his judgment is necessary or advisable.(Added by Stats. 1937, Ch. 724.)
CA Ins Code § 12957 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 3 - THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER|CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties|ARTICLE 3 - Procuring Information on Policies|Section 12957.

12957.  The commissioner shall not withdraw approval of a previously approved policy, except upon those grounds as, in the commissioner’s opinion, would authorize disapproval upon original submission thereof. Any withdrawal of approval shall be in writing and shall specify the ground thereof. If the insurer demands a hearing on a withdrawal, the hearing shall be granted and commenced within 30 days of the filing of a written demand with the commissioner. Unless the hearing is commenced, the notice of withdrawal shall become ineffective upon the 31st day from and after the date of filing of the demand.This section shall not apply to policies subject to the provisions of subdivision (f) of Section 10291.5, or to policies, contracts, or agreements that were approved under an alternative filing and approval procedure as provided for in subdivision (f) of Section 10506.4 or subdivision (c) of Section 10507.5.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 50, Sec. 255. (AB 378) Effective January 1, 2022.)
CA Ins Code § 12959 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 3 - THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER|CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties|ARTICLE 3 - Procuring Information on Policies|Section 12959.

12959.  (a) On January 1, 1990, and on every January 1, thereafter, the commissioner shall publish and distribute a comparison of insurance rates report for those lines of insurance which, in the comissioner’s judgment, are of most interest to individual purchasers of personal lines of coverage. The report shall be available to consumers. The distribution shall be designed to make consumers throughout the state aware of the content of the report. This report shall be prepared by the commissioner in a manner designed to provide information useful to consumers so that they may make informed comparisons of coverages and rates.(b) The submission of any false rate information by any such insurer pursuant to a request of the commissioner for the purpose of compiling comparative data for the report to be published as required in subdivision (a), shall be punishable by a civil penalty not to exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000). Any person subject to regulation by the commissioner pursuant to this code that fails to comply with a data call required by the department pursuant to this section shall be liable to the state for a civil penalty in an amount not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each 30-day period that the person is not in compliance, unless the failure to comply is willful, in which case the civil penalty shall be in an amount not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for each 30-day period that the person is not in compliance, but not to exceed an aggregate amount of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000). In determining the level of the penalty, the commissioner shall consider the good faith of the insurer and any similar prior violations by the insurer under this code.(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1076, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2003.)
CA Ins Code § 12962 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 3 - THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER|CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties|ARTICLE 3.5 - Reporting|Section 12962.

12962.  The commissioner shall report to the Governor, the Legislature, and to the committees of the Senate and Assembly having jurisdiction over insurance all of the following in the annual report submitted pursuant to Section 12922:(a) An analysis of the information required by Sections 674.5, 1857.7, 1857.9, and 12963, including, but not limited to, all of the following:(1) An aggregate and an average for all insurers for each item of information required by these sections.(2) The number of insurers reporting policies written for each class during the calendar year.(3) For each class, the number of insurers reporting a combined loss ratio of 100 percent or more, and the number reporting a combined loss ratio of under 100 percent.(4) An analysis of adjustments made to loss reserves for prior years.(5) The change in any item required to be included by paragraphs (1) to (4), inclusive, from the immediately prior year.(b) An analysis of the activities of the department in implementing the provisions of Proposition 103 on the November 8, 1988, general election ballot, as set forth in Article 10 (commencing with Section 1861.01) of Chapter 9 of Part 2 of Division 1.(c) Recommendations and proposals, including suggested legislation, to protect consumers from arbitrary insurance rates and practices, to encourage a competitive insurance marketplace, to provide for an accountable commissioner, and to ensure that insurance is fair, available, and affordable for all Californians.(d) The requirements of this section shall be satisfied if the analysis required by this section is included in the annual report to the Governor required by Section 12922, and a copy of that report is provided to the Legislature.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 786, Sec. 44. (AB 2303) Effective January 1, 2013.)
CA Ins Code § 12963 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 3 - THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER|CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties|ARTICLE 3.5 - Reporting|Section 12963.

12963.   Each insurer transacting insurance, as defined in Sections 108 and 116, covering liability for any public entity, as defined in Section 811.2 of the Government Code, where the public entity is the named insured, shall report specified data to the commissioner by type of claim, upon request of the commissioner, which may, for a specified period, include, but not be limited to, the following:(a) The total number of insureds.(b) The total amount of premiums received from insureds, both written and earned.(c) The number of claims reported to the insurer and the number of claims reported closed.(d) The total number of claims outstanding, together with the monetary amount reserved for loss and allocated loss expense.(e) The number of claims closed with payment to the claimant, the total monetary amount paid thereon, and the total allocated loss expense paid thereon.(f) The monetary amount paid on claims with allocated loss expense paid.(g) The number of claims closed without payment to the claimant and the allocated loss expense paid thereon.(h) The monetary amount reserved on claims incurred but not reported to the insurer.(i) The number of lawsuits filed against the insurers insureds.(j) A distribution by size of payment for those claims closed showing the number of claims and total amount paid for each monetary category, as determined by the commissioner.As used in this section, the type of claims to be reported shall include, but not be limited to, workers’ compensation, liability, personal injury other than automobile, property damage other than automobile liability, liability based upon the dangerous condition of public property, and other general liability claims.(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 586, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Ins Code § 12965 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 3 - THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER|CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties|ARTICLE 3.5 - Reporting|Section 12965.

12965.  The data and other information required to be filed or reported under this article may be transmitted by electronic media or data transmision to the receiver’s electronic data processing system.(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1110, Sec. 5.)
CA Ins Code § 12968 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 3 - THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER|CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties|ARTICLE 3.5 - Reporting|Section 12968.

12968.  (a) Every pleading issued by the commissioner to initiate a formal enforcement action under this code against a licensee or applicant, and every order issued by the commissioner or a court of competent jurisdiction or other document that resolves a formal enforcement action, shall be displayed on the department’s internet website, if the document is a public record that is not exempt from disclosure to the public pursuant to the California Public Records Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 6250) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code).(b) Notwithstanding Section 12969, if an enforcement action against a licensee or applicant is withdrawn, then each pleading, document, or order against that licensee or applicant shall be removed from the department’s internet website within 30 days of the withdrawal of the action. If a pleading, document, or order contains allegations against multiple licensees or applicants, and the department withdraws all allegations against any one or more of the licensees or applicants, then the department shall post, on its internet website, a pleading, document, or order that clarifies that the enforcement action against that specific licensee or applicant has been withdrawn.(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 201, Sec. 12. (AB 1813) Effective January 1, 2020. Superseded on January 1, 2023; see amendment by Stats. 2021, Ch. 615.)
CA Ins Code § 12968 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 3 - THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER|CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties|ARTICLE 3.5 - Reporting|Section 12968.

12968.  (a) Every pleading issued by the commissioner to initiate a formal enforcement action under this code against a licensee or applicant, and every order issued by the commissioner or a court of competent jurisdiction or other document that resolves a formal enforcement action, shall be displayed on the department’s internet website, if the document is a public record that is not exempt from disclosure to the public pursuant to the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code).(b) Notwithstanding Section 12969, if an enforcement action against a licensee or applicant is withdrawn, then each pleading, document, or order against that licensee or applicant shall be removed from the department’s internet website within 30 days of the withdrawal of the action. If a pleading, document, or order contains allegations against multiple licensees or applicants, and the department withdraws all allegations against any one or more of the licensees or applicants, then the department shall post, on its internet website, a pleading, document, or order that clarifies that the enforcement action against that specific licensee or applicant has been withdrawn.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 615, Sec. 317. (AB 474) Effective January 1, 2022. Operative January 1, 2023, pursuant to Sec. 463 of Stats. 2021, Ch. 615.)
CA Ins Code § 12969 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 3 - THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER|CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties|ARTICLE 3.5 - Reporting|Section 12969.

12969.  An order or pleading posted on the department’s internet website that is related to a disciplinary proceeding or enforcement action under this code against a licensee or applicant, or that is related to a restricted license, shall be removed from the site 10 years from the date the disciplinary or enforcement action becomes final or, in actions resulting in the issuance of a restricted license, 10 years from the date the restriction on the license is removed. This section does not apply to an order or pleading related to an enforcement action resulting in a suspended or revoked license. This section is intended to apply solely to the department’s internet website and shall not be construed to require the department to permanently remove any information from its public record.(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 201, Sec. 13. (AB 1813) Effective January 1, 2020.)
CA Ins Code § 12970 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 3 - THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER|CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties|ARTICLE 4 - Fees|Section 12970.

12970.  The commissioner shall require the payment in advance of a fee for copying microfilm records in the amount of thirty cents ($0.30) per page.(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 770, Sec. 27.5.)
CA Ins Code § 12970.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 3 - THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER|CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties|ARTICLE 4 - Fees|Section 12970.1.

12970.1.  In addition to all other fees required for furnishing copies of instruments or documents filed in his office, the commissioner shall require the payment, in lawful money of the United States, of an amount approximately equal to the postage or other delivery charges he must pay for delivery of the copies so furnished if at the request of the person ordering them they are delivered by any more expensive means than ordinary first-class United States mail.(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 542.)
CA Ins Code § 12972 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 3 - THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER|CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties|ARTICLE 4 - Fees|Section 12972.

12972.  The commissioner shall require the payment of one dollar ($1), in advance, as a fee for attaching the commissioner’s seal of office to any paper or document not specified in this code.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 50, Sec. 257. (AB 378) Effective January 1, 2022.)
CA Ins Code § 12973 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 3 - THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER|CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties|ARTICLE 4 - Fees|Section 12973.

12973.  The commissioner shall require, in advance, as a fee for issuing certificates when the fee is not otherwise specified, the following amounts:(a) Twenty-two dollars ($22), if there is sufficient demand so that the commissioner in the commissioner’s discretion has prepared a form of the certificate in advance that requires only the filling in of blanks for completion.(b) For issuing any other certificate, the reasonable cost of preparing and issuing that certificate, but not to exceed fifty dollars ($50) for the first copy of the certificate and nine dollars ($9) for each additional copy.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 50, Sec. 258. (AB 378) Effective January 1, 2022.)
CA Ins Code § 12973.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 3 - THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER|CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties|ARTICLE 4 - Fees|Section 12973.5.

12973.5.  The commissioner shall charge and collect, in advance, the following fees:(a) For filing any application for a license, permit, or certificate of authority when a fee for either filing the application or issuing the license, permit, or certificate is not elsewhere specified in this code, twenty-two dollars ($22).(b) For filing any application to take any qualifying examination required by this code to be taken by a licensee other than an insurer, or to be taken by any applicant for a license other than a certificate of authority when a fee for filing that application or giving that examination is not elsewhere specified in this code, seventy-two dollars ($72).(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 534, Sec. 88. (AB 1699) Effective January 1, 2018.)