California Insurance Code

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Insurance Code - INS

DIVISION 1. GENERAL RULES GOVERNING INSURANCE [100 - 1879.8]

( Division 1 enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 145. )

PART 2. THE BUSINESS OF INSURANCE [680 - 1879.8]

( Part 2 enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 145. )

CHAPTER 1. General Regulations [680 - 1113]

( Chapter 1 enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 145. )

ARTICLE 10.5. National Association of Insurance Commissioners [930 - 934]
( Article 10.5 added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 986, Sec. 1. )

930.

The provisions of this article shall apply to all domestic, foreign, and alien insurers doing business in this state.

(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 986, Sec. 1.)

931.

(a)Each domestic, foreign, and alien insurer doing business in this state shall annually, on or before the first day of March of each year, file with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners a copy of its annual statement convention blank, along with any additional filings as prescribed by the commissioner for the preceding year. The information filed with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners shall be in the same format and scope as that required by the commissioner and shall include the signed jurat page and the actuarial certification. Any amendments and addendums to the annual statement filing subsequently filed with the commissioner shall also be filed with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.

(b)Each year, on or before the following dates, every domestic, foreign, and alien insurer doing business in this state shall make and file with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, in the number, form, and methods prescribed by the commissioner, a copy of the quarterly statements exhibiting its condition and affairs for the period beginning on January 1 of the current calendar year through the end of each quarter of the current year as described below. These quarterly filings shall cover the period of time beginning January 1 of the current year through and including the last day of the quarter for which the report is being made. The first quarter filing shall be filed on or before May 15th of every year. The second quarter filing shall be filed on or before August 15th of every year. The third quarter filing shall be filed on or before November 15th of every year. If any of these dates fall on a day other than a business day, then the filing is due to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners by the first business day preceding that date. The information filed with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners shall include a jurat page. A copy of any amendments and addendums to the quarterly statement filings subsequently filed with the commissioner shall also be filed with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.

(c)Foreign insurers that are domiciled in a state which has a law substantially similar to subdivision (a) of this section shall be deemed in compliance with this section.

(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 599, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2005.)

932.

In the absence of actual malice, members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, their duly authorized committees, subcommittees, and task forces, their delegates, National Association of Insurance Commissioners? employees, and all others charged with the responsibility of collecting, reviewing, analyzing, and disseminating the information developed from the filing of the annual statement convention blanks shall be acting as agents of the commissioner under the authority of this article and shall not be subject to civil liability for libel, slander, or any other cause of action by virtue of their collection, review, and analysis or dissemination of the data and information collected from the filings required herein.

(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 986, Sec. 1.)

933.

All financial analysis ratios and examination synopses concerning insurers that are submitted to the department by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners? Insurance Regulatory Information System are confidential and may not be disclosed by the department.

(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 986, Sec. 1.)

934.

The commissioner may suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew the certificate of authority of any insurer failing to file its annual or quarterly statement with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners when due or within any extension of time which the commissioner, for good cause, may grant.

(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 599, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2005.)