(a) A life and accident and health or sickness licensee is a person authorized to act as a life and accident and health or sickness agent. Licenses to act as a life and accident and health or sickness agent under this chapter shall be of the following types:

(1) Life, which license shall entitle the licensee to transact insurance coverage on human lives, including benefits of endowment and annuities, and may include benefits in the event of death or dismemberment by accident and benefits for disability income.

Terms Used In California Insurance Code 1626

  • license: includes a certificate of convenience and a permanent license, and the term "persons who are licensed" includes the holders of any such certificate or the license, but these definitions and the use of those terms in this chapter shall not confer upon a certificate of convenience or any holder thereof any property right in or to the certificate, the certificate being and remaining only a temporary permit, issued as a matter of convenience, allowing the transaction of insurance without a permanent license, but within the limits, and subject to the conditions of the certificate of convenience issued and the laws applicable thereto. See California Insurance Code 1627
  • licensee: means an insurer, agent, broker, or any other person who is required to be licensed by the department. See California Insurance Code 38.6
  • Person: means any person, association, organization, partnership, business trust, limited liability company, or corporation. See California Insurance Code 19

(2) Accident and health or sickness, which license shall entitle the licensee to transact insurance coverage for sickness, bodily injury, or accidental death and may include benefits for disability income.

(b) An accident and health or sickness agent licensee also is authorized to transact 24-hour care coverage, as defined in Section 1749.02, pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 1749 or subdivision (d) of Section 1749.33.

(Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 184, Sec. 8. (SB 1255) Effective January 1, 2021.)