Section 12753 Of Chapter 2. Fiscal Requirements From California Insurance Code >> Division 2. >> Part 7. >> Chapter 2.
12753
. (a) A home protection company shall maintain a reserve for
unearned premiums in an amount not less than 40 percent of the
aggregate premiums charged on its contracts currently in force.
Amounts to be reserved shall be on a 12-month basis. Where the
contract is for a period of more than 12 months, the reserve for
unearned premiums for the period beyond 12 months shall be 100
percent of the pro rata portion of the contract fee attributable to
the period of coverage in excess of 12 months. The unearned premium
reserve for contracts exceeding 12 months shall be reduced to not
less than 40 percent of the pro rata portion of the contract fee
applicable to the next succeeding 12-month period, as of the first
day of the succeeding 12-month period, and each succeeding 12-month
period thereafter during which the contract is in effect.
Where the home protection contract provides coverage during the
selling or listing period of the real property to which the contract
applies, the home protection contract fee applicable to this period
of coverage shall be deemed fully earned upon the close of escrow,
and receipt of payment of the applicable contract fee.
(b) For purposes of this section, such reserve shall not include
protection contract fees on home protection contracts to the extent
provision is made for reinsurance of the outstanding risk on such
contracts.
(c) The commissioner may, by regulation, prescribe the format by
which the reserve shall be reported.