California Insurance Code 1767 – A resident surplus line broker at all times shall maintain in good …
A resident surplus line broker at all times shall maintain in good faith an office in this state and if he or she maintains more than one surplus line office in this state, he or she shall designate one of them as his or her principal surplus line office in this state and shall notify the commissioner of that designation. He or she shall report to the commissioner the addresses of all surplus line offices maintained by him or her in this state and any change in location of any of those offices. A nonresident surplus line broker at all times shall maintain in good faith an office in the state or territory of the United States in which he or she is licensed as a resident surplus line broker, and if he or she maintains more than one surplus line office in that state, he or she shall designate one of them as his or her principal surplus line office in that state and shall notify the commissioner of the designation. A resident licensee shall report to the commissioner the addresses of all surplus line offices maintained in this state and any change in location of any of those offices. Nonresident licensees shall report to the commissioner the addresses of all surplus line offices maintained in the state or territory of the United States in which the resident surplus line license is maintained and any change in location of any of those offices.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 203, Sec. 19. Effective January 1, 2003.)
Terms Used In California Insurance Code 1767
- Commissioner: means the Insurance Commissioner of this State. See California Insurance Code 20
- 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
- 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
- Surplus line broker: means a person licensed under Section 1765 and authorized to do business under Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 1760) of Part 2 of Division 1. See California Insurance Code 47