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CA Ins Code § 1683 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL RULES GOVERNING INSURANCE|PART 2 - THE BUSINESS OF INSURANCE|CHAPTER 5 - Production Agencies|ARTICLE 7 - License Qualification Examinations|Section 1683.

1683.  An applicant shall schedule or reschedule the applicant’s qualifying examination using an electronic service approved by the commissioner. If an applicant fails to appear at the time and place set for the examination, the applicant shall be deemed to have failed the examination. If the applicant fails the qualifying examination, the commissioner shall give the applicant written notice thereof.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 133, Sec. 12. (SB 272) Effective July 23, 2021.)
CA Ins Code § 1684 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL RULES GOVERNING INSURANCE|PART 2 - THE BUSINESS OF INSURANCE|CHAPTER 5 - Production Agencies|ARTICLE 7 - License Qualification Examinations|Section 1684.

1684.  Except as otherwise provided in this article, whenever reference is made in this article to an applicant for a license, such reference includes each natural person who applies to be named on the license of an organization, and wherever reference is made to a person who has been licensed in a specified capacity, such reference shall also apply to a person named to act in such capacity under the license of an organization.(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 4.)
CA Ins Code § 1685 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL RULES GOVERNING INSURANCE|PART 2 - THE BUSINESS OF INSURANCE|CHAPTER 5 - Production Agencies|ARTICLE 8 - Certificates of Convenience|Section 1685.

1685.  The commissioner may issue to an eligible person a certificate of convenience to act as any of the following:(a) Any type of a licensee under this chapter or Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 1760), Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 1800), or Part 5 (commencing with Section 121401) of Division 2 to administer the business of a licensed person who has died or who has been declared incompetent by the judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. That certificate of convenience may be denominated an estate certificate of convenience.(b) Any type of a licensee under this chapter or Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 1760), Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 1800), or Part 5 (commencing with Section 121401) of Division 2 to conserve the business of a licensed natural person who enters the military service of the United States or to conserve the business of an organization under the conditions specified in Section 1697. That certificate of convenience may be denominated a military service certificate.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 786, Sec. 20. (AB 2303) Effective January 1, 2013.)
CA Ins Code § 1686 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL RULES GOVERNING INSURANCE|PART 2 - THE BUSINESS OF INSURANCE|CHAPTER 5 - Production Agencies|ARTICLE 8 - Certificates of Convenience|Section 1686.

1686.  To be eligible for an estate certificate of convenience, a person shall be one of the following:(a) The executor or administrator of the estate of a deceased property broker-agent, casualty broker-agent, or life agent.(b) If no executor or administrator has been appointed, the surviving spouse or heir otherwise entitled to conduct the business of the deceased property broker-agent, casualty broker-agent, or life agent.(c) The conservator of the estate of a property broker-agent, casualty broker-agent, or life agent.(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 411, Sec. 21. (AB 1416) Effective January 1, 2012.)
CA Ins Code § 1687 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL RULES GOVERNING INSURANCE|PART 2 - THE BUSINESS OF INSURANCE|CHAPTER 5 - Production Agencies|ARTICLE 8 - Certificates of Convenience|Section 1687.

1687.  Except as provided in Section 1637, to be eligible for a military service certificate of convenience, a person is required to be nominated therefor by the holder of a permanent license who, while the holder, entered the military service of the United States. “Military service” has the meanings ascribed to it by Section 101 of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-189).(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 786, Sec. 21. (AB 2303) Effective January 1, 2013.)
CA Ins Code § 1693 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL RULES GOVERNING INSURANCE|PART 2 - THE BUSINESS OF INSURANCE|CHAPTER 5 - Production Agencies|ARTICLE 8 - Certificates of Convenience|Section 1693.

1693.  An estate certificate of convenience expires upon the happening of any of the following events, whichever occurs first:(a) Upon the filing with the commissioner of a certified copy of an order appointing an executor or administrator, if the certificate of convenience has been issued to a person other than the person so appointed executor or administrator.(b) Upon the filing with the commissioner of a certified copy of an order appointing a new conservator of the estate of a property broker-agent, casualty broker-agent, or life agent.(c) Upon the disposal of the business of the property broker-agent, casualty broker-agent, or life agent who is deceased or for whom a conservator of the estate has been appointed.(d) Upon the expiration of one year after the death of the deceased property broker-agent, casualty broker-agent, or life agent; provided, however, that if during the said year the holder of the certificate of convenience files an application for a license to act as a property broker-agent, casualty broker-agent, or life agent in the individual capacity of the holder, then the certificate of convenience may remain in force until the holder thereof has been given an opportunity to take the qualifying examination for the license.(e) Upon the termination of the conservatorship of the estate of the property broker-agent, casualty broker-agent, or life agent.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 133, Sec. 13. (SB 272) Effective July 23, 2021.)
CA Ins Code § 1694 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL RULES GOVERNING INSURANCE|PART 2 - THE BUSINESS OF INSURANCE|CHAPTER 5 - Production Agencies|ARTICLE 8 - Certificates of Convenience|Section 1694.

1694.  A military service certificate of convenience shall terminate upon the relicensing of the nominating licensee, but in no event shall it remain in force beyond the period set forth in Section 1722.(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 4.)
CA Ins Code § 1697 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL RULES GOVERNING INSURANCE|PART 2 - THE BUSINESS OF INSURANCE|CHAPTER 5 - Production Agencies|ARTICLE 8 - Certificates of Convenience|Section 1697.

1697.  A military service certificate of convenience may be issued to an organization only under the following circumstances:(a) Such organization is the holder of a permanent license, and(b) The person entering the military service of the United States is the only natural person named on the license of such organization.(Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 220.)
CA Ins Code § 1698 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL RULES GOVERNING INSURANCE|PART 2 - THE BUSINESS OF INSURANCE|CHAPTER 5 - Production Agencies|ARTICLE 8 - Certificates of Convenience|Section 1698.

1698.  The military service certificate of convenience referred to in Section 1697 expires at one of the following times, whichever occurs first:(a) Upon the qualification of a natural person to be named on the permanent license of the organization; or(b) Six months after the issuance of the certificate of convenience.(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 4.)
CA Ins Code § 1702 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL RULES GOVERNING INSURANCE|PART 2 - THE BUSINESS OF INSURANCE|CHAPTER 5 - Production Agencies|ARTICLE 9 - Issuance of Licenses|Section 1702.

1702.  All licenses issued pursuant to this chapter shall be issued to the holder thereof.(Amended by Stats. 1973, Ch. 543.)
CA Ins Code § 1703 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL RULES GOVERNING INSURANCE|PART 2 - THE BUSINESS OF INSURANCE|CHAPTER 5 - Production Agencies|ARTICLE 9 - Issuance of Licenses|Section 1703.

1703.  Every applicant for an original license under this chapter, Chapter 5A (commencing with Section 1759), Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 1760), or Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 1800) shall, as part of the application, endorse an authorization for disclosure to the commissioner of financial records of any fiduciary funds as defined in Section 1733, pursuant to Section 7473 of the Government Code. The authorization shall continue in force and effect for so long as the licensee continues to be licensed by the department.(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 300, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2009.)
CA Ins Code § 1704.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL RULES GOVERNING INSURANCE|PART 2 - THE BUSINESS OF INSURANCE|CHAPTER 5 - Production Agencies|ARTICLE 9 - Issuance of Licenses|Section 1704.5.

1704.5.  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a licensed life agent may present a proposal for insurance to a prospective policyholder on behalf of a life insurer for which the life agent is not specifically appointed, and may also transmit an application for insurance to that insurer. If a policy of insurance is issued pursuant to that application, the insurer is considered to have authorized the agent to act on its behalf, and the insurer is responsible for all actions of the agent that relate to the application and policy as if the agent had been duly appointed for the insurer. Not more than 14 days after the life agent submits an application for insurance to the insurer for which the insurer issues a policy, the insurer shall forward to the commissioner a notice of appointment of the life agent as the insurer’s agent in accordance with the requirements of this article. Nothing in this section obliges an insurer to accept an application for underwriting from a life agent. Any payments made by the prospective policyholder prior to issuance of the policy shall be made only in the form of a draft, check, cashier’s check, traveler’s check, money order, or similar instrument made payable to the insurer to which the application is transmitted.(b) A licensed life agent who is not specifically appointed for a particular life insurer may not (1) present a proposal to a prospective policyholder for insurance with that insurer or (2) transmit an application for insurance to that insurer if the insurer requires all its life agents to represent only that insurer or a group of affiliated insurers of which that insurer is a member or to submit risks to that insurer or group of affiliated insurers prior to submitting them to other insurers.(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1420, Sec. 39. Operative January 1, 1992, by Sec. 77 of Ch. 1420.)
CA Ins Code § 1705 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL RULES GOVERNING INSURANCE|PART 2 - THE BUSINESS OF INSURANCE|CHAPTER 5 - Production Agencies|ARTICLE 9 - Issuance of Licenses|Section 1705.

1705.  An insurer, or employing property broker-agent or casualty broker-agent, by filing a notice of appointment on behalf of an applicant for an original license pursuant to Section 1704, and who is not then licensed pursuant to this chapter or Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 1760), Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 1800), shall be deemed by that act to have declared that:(a) The applicant is of good reputation.(b) The applicant is worthy of the license sought.An insurer, property broker-agent, or casualty broker-agent, by filing a notice of appointment on behalf of an applicant for an original license to act as a life agent, property broker-agent, casualty broker-agent, or insurance solicitor, where the applicant for any reason will not be issued a certificate of convenience pending examination under Article 8 (commencing with Section 1685), shall be deemed to have declared that the applicant has had experience or instruction in classes of insurance, the transaction of which is authorized by the license sought, or will be given the necessary instruction within 30 days after the issuance of the license.Should the applicant for a life agent, property broker-agent, or casualty broker-agent license be a copartnership, corporation, or association, the insurer filing the appointment shall be deemed to have made the declarations set forth in subdivisions (a) and (b) of this section as regards both the business organization and each natural person whose name appears in the application as one to exercise the agency powers of the license sought. The insurer shall be deemed to have made the declaration in the preceding paragraph only as regards the natural person or persons to be named on the organization’s license initially.Whenever a copartnership, corporation, or association licensed as a life agent, property broker-agent, or casualty broker-agent files to add to any such license the name of a natural person to exercise the agency powers thereunder, the business organization shall be deemed to have made the appropriate declarations regarding the natural person, as set forth in this section, as are required of an insurer filing a notice of appointment on behalf of an applicant for an original license.(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 411, Sec. 24. (AB 1416) Effective January 1, 2012.)
CA Ins Code § 1707 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL RULES GOVERNING INSURANCE|PART 2 - THE BUSINESS OF INSURANCE|CHAPTER 5 - Production Agencies|ARTICLE 9 - Issuance of Licenses|Section 1707.

1707.  Except as otherwise provided in Section 1704.5, each notice of appointment or notice of termination of appointment filed pursuant to this article shall be filed on forms prescribed by the commissioner within 15 days of appointment or termination.(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 740, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 2007.)
CA Ins Code § 1707.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL RULES GOVERNING INSURANCE|PART 2 - THE BUSINESS OF INSURANCE|CHAPTER 5 - Production Agencies|ARTICLE 9 - Issuance of Licenses|Section 1707.5.

1707.5.  The commissioner in lieu of retaining in his or her files a copy of the notices of appointment or notices of termination described in Section 1707, if he or she has made entry of the facts pertaining to the appointments or terminations or the statements, including the cancellation, if any thereof, in some portion of his or her official records, may at any time thereafter destroy the documents. The commissioner’s certification as to the content of such an entry shall be competent evidence of the facts therein stated for any purpose in any court or administrative action or proceeding and shall be accepted in lieu of the actual documents.(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1420, Sec. 42. Operative January 1, 1992, by Sec. 77 of Ch. 1420.)
CA Ins Code § 1707.51 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL RULES GOVERNING INSURANCE|PART 2 - THE BUSINESS OF INSURANCE|CHAPTER 5 - Production Agencies|ARTICLE 9 - Issuance of Licenses|Section 1707.51.

1707.51.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, qualified applicants who applied in proper form and requested an examination date for a property, casualty, or life insurance license prior to December 1, 1991, shall be provided the opportunity to qualify for licensure under statutory licensure provisions in effect on December 31, 1991.(b) The department may require the applicant to execute a sworn statement subject to a penalty of perjury and denial of license declaring that they meet the qualifications set forth in subdivision (a). The department shall provide public notice as to the availability of these tests and as to the procedure and requirements necessary to qualify for the test. The tests shall be administered within 90 days of enactment of this section.(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 411, Sec. 25. (AB 1416) Effective January 1, 2012.)
CA Ins Code § 1707.7 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL RULES GOVERNING INSURANCE|PART 2 - THE BUSINESS OF INSURANCE|CHAPTER 5 - Production Agencies|ARTICLE 9 - Issuance of Licenses|Section 1707.7.

1707.7.  As part of the report required under Section 12922, the commissioner shall provide the following information for the previous calendar year ending December 31 for five years after the operative date of this section:(a) The total number of applications filed for a property and casualty broker-agent license, a property broker-agent license, a casualty broker-agent license, a personal lines broker-agent license, a limited lines auto-only agent license, a life agent license, and an accident and health or sickness agent license.(b) The total number of licensees issued a property and casualty license, a property broker-agent license, a casualty broker-agent license, a personal lines license, a limited lines automobile license, a life license, and an accident and health or sickness license.(c) The total number of licensees with both a life agent license and an accident and health or sickness agent license.(d) The total justified complaints against the licensees enumerated in subdivision (b) annually for five years.(e) At the end of five years following the issuance of auto-only agent, life agent, and accident and health or sickness agent licenses, a cumulative summary of the data required by this section compared to the licenses issued for property and casualty broker-agent, property broker-agent, casualty broker-agent, personal lines broker-agent, and life agent for the year immediately preceding the creation of this section.(Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 184, Sec. 18. (SB 1255) Effective January 1, 2021.)
CA Ins Code § 1708 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL RULES GOVERNING INSURANCE|PART 2 - THE BUSINESS OF INSURANCE|CHAPTER 5 - Production Agencies|ARTICLE 10 - Termination of Licenses|Section 1708.

1708.  A licensee may at any time surrender for cancellation any license under which that licensee is permitted to act in any of the capacities specified in this chapter. The licensee may make that surrender by written notice thereof delivered to the commissioner.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 133, Sec. 14. (SB 272) Effective July 23, 2021.)
CA Ins Code § 1710 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL RULES GOVERNING INSURANCE|PART 2 - THE BUSINESS OF INSURANCE|CHAPTER 5 - Production Agencies|ARTICLE 10 - Termination of Licenses|Section 1710.

1710.  All licenses issued to natural persons terminate upon the death of such person.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 4.)
CA Ins Code § 1711 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL RULES GOVERNING INSURANCE|PART 2 - THE BUSINESS OF INSURANCE|CHAPTER 5 - Production Agencies|ARTICLE 10 - Termination of Licenses|Section 1711.

1711.  For the purposes of this chapter and except as provided in this article, an organization ceases to exist as an entity eligible to hold a license:(a) Upon dissolution of a copartnership or upon any change in membership of a copartnership.(b) Upon the termination of an association.(c) Upon dissolution of a corporation.Provided, however, should a change occur in the membership of a copartnership licensed under this chapter, the surviving or continuing copartnership may continue to transact insurance under the license issued to the predecessor copartnership until action is taken by the commissioner on the application herein prescribed if the following requirements are met:(1) The surviving or continuing copartnership within 30 days files an application on a form prescribed by the commissioner for registration of the change in membership, and pays the lawful fee therefor and, if acting as an insurance broker, furnishes the bond required under Article 5 (commencing with Section 1662). (2) At least one person who exercised the agency or brokership powers of the predecessor copartnership continues to exercise the agency or brokership powers of the surviving or continuing copartnership.(3) That application for registration be signed by a general partner.(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1420, Sec. 43. Operative January 1, 1992, by Sec. 77 of Ch. 1420.)
CA Ins Code § 1712 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL RULES GOVERNING INSURANCE|PART 2 - THE BUSINESS OF INSURANCE|CHAPTER 5 - Production Agencies|ARTICLE 10 - Termination of Licenses|Section 1712.

1712.  The termination of the existence of the license entity as provided in Section 1711, automatically terminates the right of that entity to transact insurance thereunder; except that a natural person, copartnership, association, or corporation licensed under this article, may continue to transact insurance under an existing license in either a different capacity or as a different organization or entity if a natural person is named to exercise the agency or brokerage powers of the license entity, and that natural person remains eligible to be so named, and if no substantial change in ownership and no change in control of the licensed insurance business has taken place; provided, that within 30 days following the change the person or the successor copartnership, association or corporation files a properly completed and executed application in the form prescribed by the commissioner for an appropriate license and pays the lawful fees therefor.Nothing herein shall be construed to nullify any provision of Section 1718 except that any fee paid as required by subdivisions (a) or (b) of Section 1718 for a license not issued may be applied towards the fee for filing an application under this section.(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1420, Sec. 44. Operative January 1, 1992, by Sec. 77 of Ch. 1420.)
CA Ins Code § 1712.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL RULES GOVERNING INSURANCE|PART 2 - THE BUSINESS OF INSURANCE|CHAPTER 5 - Production Agencies|ARTICLE 10 - Termination of Licenses|Section 1712.5.

1712.5.  (a) The license of an organization licensed as a property broker-agent, casualty broker-agent, or life agent shall become inoperative upon the removal or termination of the last natural person named thereon, pursuant to Section 1656.(b) Unless the license is reactivated by the correction of all deficiencies including, if necessary, the adding of a natural person to transact insurance under the authority of the organization’s license pursuant to Section 1661, the license shall not be renewed.(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 417, Sec. 18. (AB 1696) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Ins Code § 1716 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL RULES GOVERNING INSURANCE|PART 2 - THE BUSINESS OF INSURANCE|CHAPTER 5 - Production Agencies|ARTICLE 11 - License Terms|Section 1716.

1716.  The provisions of this article shall not apply to any certificate of convenience other than a military service certificate of convenience issued to a natural person.(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 4.)
CA Ins Code § 1717 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL RULES GOVERNING INSURANCE|PART 2 - THE BUSINESS OF INSURANCE|CHAPTER 5 - Production Agencies|ARTICLE 11 - License Terms|Section 1717.

1717.  All licenses issued under this chapter shall be for the license term specified in Section 1630. Such licenses may be issued for all of such term, or, upon application made during any such term, for the balance thereof. Such license term shall commence as specified in Section 1630.(Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 348, Sec. 5.)
CA Ins Code § 1717.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL RULES GOVERNING INSURANCE|PART 2 - THE BUSINESS OF INSURANCE|CHAPTER 5 - Production Agencies|ARTICLE 11 - License Terms|Section 1717.5.

1717.5.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the commissioner shall institute year-round licensing of production agency licensees commencing with those license renewals taking place in 1986.(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 770, Sec. 8.9.)