Section 11621.2 Of Article 4. Assigned Risk Plans From California Insurance Code >> Division 2. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 4.
11621.2
. (a) An insurer that is no longer licensed to write
automobile liability insurance in this state shall have its plan
business treated in the same manner as its voluntary business and
shall not receive new assignments.
(b) The runoff of existing plan business shall be conducted in an
orderly manner with policies nonrenewed upon the next anniversary
date.
(c) An insurer that elects to surrender its license or has its
license to do business in this state revoked shall comply with the
following requirements:
(1) If an insurer elects to leave this state by surrendering its
license to write automobile insurance, it shall submit to the plan's
advisory committee as a condition precedent to the surrender of its
license, a plan that disposes of the insurer's quota of plan
assignments established by its voluntary writings, and provides for
the handling of its outstanding assigned risk policies, including
payment of claims, by appropriate financial arrangements or
reinsurance agreements. The plan's advisory committee shall evaluate
the plan that is submitted and shall advise the commissioner as to
whether or not it recommends acceptance or rejection by the
commissioner of the plan.
(2) In the event an insurer's license to do business in this state
is revoked by the commissioner, the insurer shall submit to the plan'
s advisory committee a plan that disposes of the insurer's quota of
plan assignments established by its voluntary writings, and provides
for the handling of its outstanding assigned risk policies, including
payment of claims, by appropriate financial arrangements or
reinsurance agreements. The plan's advisory committee shall evaluate
the plan that is submitted and shall advise the commissioner as to
whether or not it recommends acceptance or rejection by the
commissioner of the plan.
(d) If all insurers in a group are under the same ownership and
management, or a group elects to be treated as a single insurer and
an insurer in the same group is no longer licensed, that insurer
shall comply with the provisions of this section.