Section 12744 Of Chapter 1. Definitions And Licensing From California Insurance Code >> Division 2. >> Part 7. >> Chapter 1.
12744
. (a) No person shall issue or offer to issue home protection
contracts in this state unless the person holds a home protection
company license issued by the department, except as provided in
subdivision (b) of this section.
(b) An insurer admitted for the class of insurance defined in
Section 120 is authorized, in addition to the underwriting powers
granted by the class, to issue home protection contracts, but the
provisions of this part shall not be otherwise applicable to those
insurers or their contracts.
(c) No license shall be granted to a foreign applicant that has
not fulfilled the requirements of Sections 716 and 717. For purposes
of this part, the term "class of insurance" as used in said sections
shall mean the business of a home protection company. This section
shall not prohibit the admission of a foreign home protection company
that has actively transacted home protection business in its state
of domicile for three years or more.
(d) The commissioner shall by regulation prescribe forms for
applications for home protection company licenses consistent with the
provisions of this part. Any reference to certificate of authority
in Article 3 (commencing with Section 699) of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of
Division 1, shall mean home protection company license.
(e) (1) Subject to paragraph (2) and, notwithstanding subdivision
(c) or any regulation to the contrary, the following requirements
shall not apply to any foreign applicant:
(A) Filing a financial statement certified by the applicant's home
state regulatory official as a true and correct copy of the
statement filed with that official. This exemption applies only if
the official does not require a home protection company or the
applicant to file a financial statement.
(B) Filing an examination report certified by the applicant's home
state regulatory official as a true and correct copy. This exemption
applies only if the official does not prepare examination reports of
home protection companies or has not prepared an examination report
of the applicant.
(C) Holding a certificate of authority as an insurance company.
(2) The exemptions described in paragraph (1) apply only if the
applicant's chief executive officer stipulates that the company will
provide financial reports in the same manner required of domestic
home protection companies.