Terms Used In California Codes > Health and Safety Code > Division 12 > Part 4 > Chapter 1 - Organization

• Advisory organization: means every person, group or organization, other than an insurer, whether located within or without this state, which prepares policy forms or underwriting rules incidental to or in connection with workers' compensation insurance and employer's liability insurance incidental thereto and written in connection therewith or which collects and furnishes to admitted insurers or rating organizations loss statistics or other statistical information and data relating to workers' compensation insurance and employer's liability insurance incidental thereto and written in connection therewith and acts in an advisory capacity to such insurers or rating organizations as distinguished from a ratemaking capacity. See California Insurance Code 11750.1
• Commissioner: means the Insurance Commissioner of this State. See California Insurance Code 20
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• County: includes city and county. See California Health and Safety Code 14
• Insurance: means workers' compensation insurance and employer's liability insurance incidental thereto and written in connection therewith. See California Insurance Code 11750.1
• Insurer: means every insurer authorized to transact workers' compensation insurance and employer's liability insurance incidental thereto and written in connection therewith in this state, including the State Compensation Insurance Fund. See California Insurance Code 11750.1
• Person: means any person, association, organization, partnership, business trust, limited liability company, or corporation. See California Insurance Code 19
• Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
• Rating organization: means any organization which has as its primary object or purpose the collecting of loss and expense statistics and other statistical information and data, the making of pure premium rates and those rating plans authorized by Section 11734 for workers' compensation insurance and employer's liability insurance incidental thereto and written in connection therewith and presenting them to the commissioner for approval. See California Insurance Code 11750.1
• State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Insurance Code 28