The commissioner shall examine each application for license to act as a rating organization and the documents filed therewith and may make any further investigation of the applicant, its affairs and its proposed plan of business, as he deems desirable.

The commissioner shall issue the license applied for within 60 days of its filing with him if from such examination and investigation he is satisfied that:

Terms Used In California Insurance Code 11751.2

  • Commissioner: means the Insurance Commissioner of this State. See California Insurance Code 20
  • 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

a. The business reputation of the applicant and its officers is good.

b. The facilities of the applicant are adequate to enable it to furnish the services it proposes to furnish.

c. The applicant and its proposed plan of operation conform to the requirements of this chapter.

Otherwise, but only after hearing upon notice, the commissioner shall in writing deny the application and notify the applicant of his decision and his reasons therefor.

Licenses issued pursuant to this section shall remain in effect until suspended or revoked.

(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1123.)