§ 1140 Except as otherwise provided in this code, incorporated insurers are …
§ 1140.1 (a) A domestic incorporated life insurer may be organized under …
§ 1140.5 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a copy of every form of proxy …
§ 1141 No director, trustee, officer or agent of any insurer shall be …
§ 1142 In situations of hardship, financial embarrassment or where other …

Terms Used In California Codes > Insurance Code > Division 1 > Part 2 > Chapter 2 > Article 1 - General

  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Bequest: Property gifted by will.
  • City: includes "city and county. See California Insurance Code 15
  • Commissioner: means the Insurance Commissioner of this State. See California Insurance Code 20
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • County: includes city and county. See California Health and Safety Code 14
  • County: includes "city and county. See California Insurance Code 14
  • department: means State Department of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 20
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Director: means "State Director of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 21
  • Domestic: means organized under the laws of this State, whether or not admitted. See California Insurance Code 26
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Person: means any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, limited liability company, or company. See California Health and Safety Code 19
  • Person: means any person, association, organization, partnership, business trust, limited liability company, or corporation. See California Insurance Code 19
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Health and Safety Code 23
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Insurance Code 28
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.