No advisory organization shall conduct its operations in this State unless and until it has filed with the commissioner:

a. A copy of its constitution, articles of incorporation, agreement of association, and of its by-laws, rules and regulations governing its activities, all duly certified by the custodian of the originals thereof.

Terms Used In California Insurance Code 11753

  • 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
  • Resident: means residing in this State, "nonresident" means not residing in this State. See California Insurance Code 30
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Insurance Code 28

b. A list of its members and subscribers.

c. The name and address of a resident of this State upon whom notices or orders of the commissioner or process may be served.

Every such advisory organization shall notify the commissioner promptly of every change in its constitution, its articles of incorporation, agreement of association, and of its by-laws, rules and regulations governing the conduct of its business; its list of members and subscribers; and the name and address of the resident of this State designated by it upon whom notices or orders of the commissioner or process affecting such organizations may be served.

No such advisory organization shall engage in any unfair or unreasonable practice with respect to its activities.

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