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CA Ins Code § 1589 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL RULES GOVERNING INSURANCE|PART 2 - THE BUSINESS OF INSURANCE|CHAPTER 4 - Foreign Insurers|ARTICLE 2 - Alien Insurers|Section 1589.

1589.  Whenever a deposit is made with the commissioner, he or she shall issue to the depositing insurer a certificate under his or her official seal stating the items and amount of securities so deposited, and their value, to the best of his or her knowledge. In case of withdrawal and substitution, he or she shall issue a supplemental certificate of similar nature.The commissioner shall require the payment of seventy-two dollars ($72), in advance, as a fee for issuing the first certificate provided for in this article to each insurer, and twenty-five dollars ($25) for each additional certificate or each supplemental certificate evidencing any withdrawal, substitution, or other change in the securities deposited. There shall be no other or additional fee for attaching the commissioner’s seal to a securities deposit schedule in those instances. The fees prescribed herein are separate from and not cumulative upon those prescribed by Article 11 (commencing with Section 939), Chapter 1.(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 534, Sec. 31. (AB 1699) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Ins Code § 1590 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL RULES GOVERNING INSURANCE|PART 2 - THE BUSINESS OF INSURANCE|CHAPTER 4 - Foreign Insurers|ARTICLE 2 - Alien Insurers|Section 1590.

1590.  The commissioner shall require the payment of forty-four dollars ($44), in advance, as a fee for filing a certificate of deposit of securities under this article.(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 534, Sec. 32. (AB 1699) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Ins Code § 1592 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL RULES GOVERNING INSURANCE|PART 2 - THE BUSINESS OF INSURANCE|CHAPTER 4 - Foreign Insurers|ARTICLE 2 - Alien Insurers|Section 1592.

1592.  The statement required by Section 1591 shall be verified in the manner prescribed in Sections 903 and 903.5 and the certificate of each trustee in the United States holding trusteed assets of the alien insurer shall be filed, showing the description and amount of the trusteed assets and the purpose for which they are held. The statement shall be filed in quadruplicate by the alien insurer with the office of the department in Los Angeles. Upon receipt of the four copies, the commissioner shall ensure that one copy is maintained at the department’s office in Los Angeles, one copy at the department’s office in the San Francisco Bay area, and one copy at the department’s office in Sacramento.The commissioner may at other times require an admitted alien insurer to file similar statements, showing the information specified in Section 1591 with respect to another date prescribed by the commissioner.(Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 184, Sec. 6. (SB 1255) Effective January 1, 2021.)
CA Ins Code § 1593 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL RULES GOVERNING INSURANCE|PART 2 - THE BUSINESS OF INSURANCE|CHAPTER 4 - Foreign Insurers|ARTICLE 2 - Alien Insurers|Section 1593.

1593.  The excess of the sum of those items in such statement, which are described in subdivision (a), (b), (c) and (d) of Section 1591, over the liabilities in the United States of such alien insurer is designated the “trusteed surplus in the United States” of such alien insurer.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 51.)
CA Ins Code § 1594 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL RULES GOVERNING INSURANCE|PART 2 - THE BUSINESS OF INSURANCE|CHAPTER 4 - Foreign Insurers|ARTICLE 2 - Alien Insurers|Section 1594.

1594.  Whenever it appears to the commissioner that the trusteed surplus in the United States of an alien insurer is less than an amount equal to the minimum amount of the capital paid in or available cash assets required by this code for the classes of insurance transacted by such alien insurer in the United States, he shall determine the amount of such deficiency and make requisition upon such alien insurer in writing, addressed to its attorney in the United States or to its United States manager, to repair such deficiency within such time, not less than 60 nor more than 90 days from the service of such requisition, as he may therein designate. The commissioner may revoke or suspend the certificate of authority of such alien insurer or order it to cease issuing new policies in the United States, while such deficiency exists.If at the expiration of the period designated in such requisition such alien insurer has failed to repair such deficiency, the commissioner may proceed against it under the provisions of Article 14, Chapter 1, Part 2, Division 1 as against an insurer whose condition is such that its further transaction of business will be hazardous to its policyholders, or creditors, or to the public.(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 542.)
CA Ins Code § 1595 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL RULES GOVERNING INSURANCE|PART 2 - THE BUSINESS OF INSURANCE|CHAPTER 4 - Foreign Insurers|ARTICLE 2 - Alien Insurers|Section 1595.

1595.  Whenever an admitted alien insurer is required or permitted to deposit assets with a trustee for the benefit and security of its policyholders, or of its policyholders and creditors, in the United States, the trustee of any such trust hereafter created shall be a solvent bank or trust company in the United States acceptable to the commissioner and authorized to act as such trustee by the laws of any State or of the United States. All trusteed assets shall be continuously kept within the United States. Any such trust heretofore created and now existing and any such trust hereafter created and existing when such alien insurer seeks to be admitted, shall be continued in accordance with the terms of the instrument creating it, unless inconsistent with the provisions of this article, in which case said instrument shall, after reasonable notice to and hearing of the alien insurer by the commissioner, be amended to conform to the requirements of this article. No amendment of any deed of trust, whether heretofore or hereafter created, shall be effective unless approved in writing by the commissioner. If the trustees of any such trust heretofore created are natural persons, and if the number of such trustees is reduced, by death, resignation, or from any other cause, to less than three, then the commissioner shall require the substitution for such trustees of a solvent bank or trust company in the United States acceptable to him and authorized to act as such trustee by the laws of any State or of the United States. The commissioner may from time to time approve modifications of, or variations in, any deed of trust, which in his judgment are not prejudicial to the interests of the people of this State.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 51.)
CA Ins Code § 1596.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL RULES GOVERNING INSURANCE|PART 2 - THE BUSINESS OF INSURANCE|CHAPTER 4 - Foreign Insurers|ARTICLE 2 - Alien Insurers|Section 1596.5.

1596.5.  Trusteed assets may be held by a trustee in the name of a nominee of the trustee, when permitted by and in accordance with the law authorizing the trustee to act as trustee. For the purposes of this article, the trustee is deemed to have legal title to trusteed assets so held.(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 162.)
CA Ins Code § 1597 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL RULES GOVERNING INSURANCE|PART 2 - THE BUSINESS OF INSURANCE|CHAPTER 4 - Foreign Insurers|ARTICLE 2 - Alien Insurers|Section 1597.

1597.  In respect of the appointment or substitution of a trustee in another state in which an admitted alien insurer is authorized to transact insurance, in respect of withdrawal of trusteed assets held in the other state (except withdrawals as provided in Section 1596), and in respect of the amendment of such deed of trust not affecting the interests or security of the beneficiaries thereof, written approval under any provision in the deed of trust which requires such written approval by the official of such other state, supervising insurance therein, shall be deemed compliance with any applicable approval requirements of Sections 1595 and 1596. Where an alien insurer organized under the laws of the Dominion of Canada or of any province thereof maintains trusteed assets in another state and under the deed of trust written approval is required by an official supervising insurance in any state in which such insurer is authorized to transact insurance and in which it heretofore maintained and hereafter continues to maintain a general state deposit at least equal in amount to the deposit required by Section 1582, written approval by such official in respect of the appointment or substitution of a trustee thereunder, in respect of withdrawal of such trusteed assets (except withdrawals as provided in Section 1596), and in respect of the amendment of such deed of trust not affecting the interests or security of the beneficiaries thereof, shall also be deemed compliance with any applicable approval requirements of Sections 1595 and 1596. The alien insurer shall furnish proof of approvals authorized by this section to and notify the commissioner in writing of such appointment or substitution, of the nature and extent of such withdrawal, and of the text of such amendment.(Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 714, Sec. 265.)
CA Ins Code § 1598 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL RULES GOVERNING INSURANCE|PART 2 - THE BUSINESS OF INSURANCE|CHAPTER 4 - Foreign Insurers|ARTICLE 2 - Alien Insurers|Section 1598.

1598.  The commissioner may from time to time examine the trusteed assets of any alien admitted insurer pursuant to Section 736, and may from time to time require the trustee holding trusteed assets of an alien admitted insurer to file with the commissioner a statement, in such form as he may prescribe, certifying such trusteed assets and the amounts thereof. Refusal or neglect on the part of such trustee to comply with such requirement shall be ground for the revocation of such alien insurer’s certificate of authority or for proceedings against it under the provisions of Article 14, Chapter 1, Part 2, Division 1.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 51.)
CA Ins Code § 1599 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL RULES GOVERNING INSURANCE|PART 2 - THE BUSINESS OF INSURANCE|CHAPTER 4 - Foreign Insurers|ARTICLE 2 - Alien Insurers|Section 1599.

1599.  The commissioner shall require the payment of twenty-nine dollars ($29), in advance, as a fee for filing each certificate of a trustee required to be filed by Section 1592.(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 534, Sec. 33. (AB 1699) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Ins Code § 1600 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL RULES GOVERNING INSURANCE|PART 2 - THE BUSINESS OF INSURANCE|CHAPTER 4 - Foreign Insurers|ARTICLE 3 - Agent for Service of Process|Section 1600.

1600.  The commissioner shall require every foreign insurer, as a condition precedent to receiving and holding a certificate of authority, to file and maintain in the commissioner’s office a writing designating an agent for service of process. The agent designated may be any person residing in this state, including, but not limited to, any corporate officer of the insurer. The writing shall state the name of the agent and his or her place of business in this state with sufficient particularity so that he or she can readily be found by peace officers or process servers. Appointment of an agent reasonably available for service of papers, notice, proof of loss, summons or other process during business hours shall be continuously maintained by every admitted insurer subject to this article while it holds a valid and unrevoked certificate of authority.(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 808, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2000.)
CA Ins Code § 1600.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL RULES GOVERNING INSURANCE|PART 2 - THE BUSINESS OF INSURANCE|CHAPTER 4 - Foreign Insurers|ARTICLE 3 - Agent for Service of Process|Section 1600.5.

1600.5.  An agent designated by a foreign insurer as provided in this article may file with the insurance commissioner a written statement of resignation as such agent which shall be signed and execution thereof shall be duly acknowledged by the agent. Thereupon, the authority of the agent to act in such capacity shall cease and the commissioner shall forthwith give written notice of such resignation by mail to the insurer addressed to its principal office as shown by his records. If an agent who has been appointed by a foreign corporation as provided in this article dies or resigns or removes his residence from the State of California, the insurer shall forthwith file with the commissioner an appointment of a new agent on a form provided by the commissioner for such purpose and pay the filing fee therefor, and such filing shall be deemed to revoke any prior designation of agent.(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1917.)
CA Ins Code § 1601 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL RULES GOVERNING INSURANCE|PART 2 - THE BUSINESS OF INSURANCE|CHAPTER 4 - Foreign Insurers|ARTICLE 3 - Agent for Service of Process|Section 1601.

1601.  (a) A fee shall not be charged, except as included in the application for certificate of authority fee provided by Article 3 (commencing with Section 699) of Chapter 1, for filing the initial appointment of an agent for service of process under this article by an applicant for admission.(b) Thereafter, the commissioner shall require the payment of seventy-two dollars ($72), in advance, as a fee for filing the appointment of an agent for service of process, or stipulation, or both by every admitted foreign or alien insurer pursuant to this article.(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 534, Sec. 34. (AB 1699) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Ins Code § 1602 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL RULES GOVERNING INSURANCE|PART 2 - THE BUSINESS OF INSURANCE|CHAPTER 4 - Foreign Insurers|ARTICLE 3 - Agent for Service of Process|Section 1602.

1602.  Any notice provided by law or by a policy, and any proof of loss, summons or other process may be served on such agent in any action or other legal proceeding against the insurer, and such service gives jurisdiction over the person of such insurer.(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 145.)
CA Ins Code § 1603 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL RULES GOVERNING INSURANCE|PART 2 - THE BUSINESS OF INSURANCE|CHAPTER 4 - Foreign Insurers|ARTICLE 3 - Agent for Service of Process|Section 1603.

1603.  The person appointed and designated pursuant to Section 1600 shall be deemed in law a general agent, and shall for service of process be the principal agent of the insurer in this state.(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 808, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2000.)
CA Ins Code § 1604 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL RULES GOVERNING INSURANCE|PART 2 - THE BUSINESS OF INSURANCE|CHAPTER 4 - Foreign Insurers|ARTICLE 3 - Agent for Service of Process|Section 1604.

1604.  Every foreign insurer, as a further condition precedent to admission and in consideration thereof, shall file with the commissioner an agreement or stipulation, executed by the proper authorities of such insurer, in form and substance as follows:“The (giving name of insurer) does hereby stipulate and agree, in consideration of the permission granted by the State of California to it to transact insurance business in this State, that if at any time it leaves this State, ceases to transact business in this State or is without an agent for service of process in this State, then in any case where such agent could be served, service may be made upon the Insurance Commissioner, and such service upon the commissioner shall have the same force and effect as if made upon the insurer.”When a foreign insurer, prior to the date this code takes effect, has filed with the commissioner an agreement for service upon him pursuant to the provisions of section 616 of the Political Code as then in effect, such filing is a compliance with this section while such agreement remains in effect.(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 145.)
CA Ins Code § 1605 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL RULES GOVERNING INSURANCE|PART 2 - THE BUSINESS OF INSURANCE|CHAPTER 4 - Foreign Insurers|ARTICLE 3 - Agent for Service of Process|Section 1605.

1605.  Service may be made upon the commissioner under the circumstances described in the agreement or stipulation provided for by this article and in the manner provided in Article 1 (commencing with Section 12919) of Chapter 2 of Division 3.(Amended by Stats. 1970, Ch. 949.)
CA Ins Code § 1610 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL RULES GOVERNING INSURANCE|PART 2 - THE BUSINESS OF INSURANCE|CHAPTER 4 - Foreign Insurers|ARTICLE 4 - Actions Against Nonadmitted Insurers|Section 1610.

1610.  Any of the acts described in Section 1611, when effected in this State, by mail or otherwise, by a foreign or alien insurer which is nonadmitted at the time of the solicitation, issuance or delivery by it of contracts of insurance to residents of, or to corporations authorized to do business in, this State, is equivalent to and shall constitute an appointment by such insurer of the commissioner and his successor or successors in office to be its true and lawful attorney, upon whom may be served all lawful process in any action, suit, or proceeding instituted by or on behalf of an insured or beneficiary arising out of any such contracts of insurance, and any such act shall be signification of its agreement that such service of process is of the same legal force and validity as personal service of process in this State upon such insurer.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 495.)
CA Ins Code § 1611 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL RULES GOVERNING INSURANCE|PART 2 - THE BUSINESS OF INSURANCE|CHAPTER 4 - Foreign Insurers|ARTICLE 4 - Actions Against Nonadmitted Insurers|Section 1611.

1611.  The acts referred to in Section 1610 are:(1) The issuance or delivery to residents of, or to corporations authorized to do business in, this State of contracts of insurance insuring (a) the lives or persons of residents of this State physically present herein at the time of such issuance or delivery or (b) property or operations located in this State.(2) The solicitation of applications for such contracts.(3) The collection of premiums, membership fees, assessments or other considerations for such contracts.(4) Any other transaction of business arising out of such contracts.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 495.)
CA Ins Code § 1612 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL RULES GOVERNING INSURANCE|PART 2 - THE BUSINESS OF INSURANCE|CHAPTER 4 - Foreign Insurers|ARTICLE 4 - Actions Against Nonadmitted Insurers|Section 1612.

1612.  Such service of process may be made as provided in Article 1 (commencing with Section 12919) of Chapter 2 of Division 3.(Amended by Stats. 1970, Ch. 949.)
CA Ins Code § 1616 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL RULES GOVERNING INSURANCE|PART 2 - THE BUSINESS OF INSURANCE|CHAPTER 4 - Foreign Insurers|ARTICLE 4 - Actions Against Nonadmitted Insurers|Section 1616.

1616.  Before any nonadmitted foreign or alien insurer shall file or cause to be filed any pleading in any action, suit or proceeding instituted against it, the insurer shall either (1) procure a certificate of authority to transact insurance in this state; or (2) give a bond in the action, suit or proceeding in an amount to be fixed by the court sufficient to secure the payment of any final judgment which may be rendered in the action, suit, or proceeding.(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 517, Sec. 283.)
CA Ins Code § 1617 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL RULES GOVERNING INSURANCE|PART 2 - THE BUSINESS OF INSURANCE|CHAPTER 4 - Foreign Insurers|ARTICLE 4 - Actions Against Nonadmitted Insurers|Section 1617.

1617.  The court in any action, suit, or proceeding, in which service of process is effected in the manner provided in Section 1612 may, in its discretion, order such postponement as may be necessary to afford the defendant reasonable opportunity to comply with the provisions of Section 1616 and to defend such action.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 495.)
CA Ins Code § 1618 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL RULES GOVERNING INSURANCE|PART 2 - THE BUSINESS OF INSURANCE|CHAPTER 4 - Foreign Insurers|ARTICLE 4 - Actions Against Nonadmitted Insurers|Section 1618.

1618.  Nothing in Section 1616 is to be construed to prevent a nonadmitted foreign or alien insurer from filing a motion to quash a writ or to set aside service thereof made in the manner provided in Section 1612 on the ground that such insurer has not done any of the acts described in Section 1611.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 495.)
CA Ins Code § 1619 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL RULES GOVERNING INSURANCE|PART 2 - THE BUSINESS OF INSURANCE|CHAPTER 4 - Foreign Insurers|ARTICLE 4 - Actions Against Nonadmitted Insurers|Section 1619.

1619.  In any action against a nonadmitted foreign or alien insurer upon a contract of insurance issued or delivered in this State to a resident thereof or to a corporation authorized to do business therein, if the insurer has failed for 30 days after demand prior to the commencement of the action to make payment in accordance with the terms of the contract, and it appears to the court that such refusal was vexatious and without reasonable cause, the court may allow to the plaintiff a reasonable attorney fee and include such fee in any judgment that may be rendered in such action. Such fee shall not exceed 121/2 percent of the amount which the court or jury finds the plaintiff is entitled to recover against the insurer, but in no event shall such fee be less than twenty-five dollars ($25). Failure of an insurer to defend any such action shall be deemed prima facie evidence that its failure to make payment was vexatious and without reasonable cause.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 495.)