Section 1668.5 Of Article 6. License Qualifications From California Insurance Code >> Division 1. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 5. >> Article 6.
1668.5
. (a) The commissioner may deny an application for any
license issued pursuant to this chapter, and may suspend or revoke
the permanent license of any organization licensed pursuant to this
chapter as authorized by Section 1738, if the applicant or holder of
the permanent license is an organization and a controlling person of
the organization is any of the following:
(1) The controlling person has previously engaged in a fraudulent
practice or act or has conducted any business in a dishonest manner.
(2) The controlling person has shown incompetency or
untrustworthiness in the conduct of any business, or has by
commission of a wrongful act or practice in the course of any
business exposed the public or those dealing with him or her to the
danger of loss.
(3) The controlling person has knowingly misrepresented the terms
or effect of an insurance policy or contract.
(4) The controlling person has failed to perform a duty expressly
enjoined upon him or her by a provision of this code or has committed
an act expressly forbidden by a provision of this code.
(5) The controlling person has been convicted of any of the
following:
(A) A felony.
(B) A misdemeanor denounced by this code or other laws regulating
insurance.
(C) A public offense having as one of its necessary elements a
fraudulent act or an act of dishonesty in acceptance, custody, or
payment of money or property.
A judgment, plea, or verdict of guilty or a conviction following a
plea of nolo contendere is deemed to be a conviction within the
meaning of this section.
(6) The controlling person has aided or abetted any person in an
act or omission that would constitute grounds for the suspension,
revocation, or refusal of a license or certificate issued under this
code to the person aided or abetted.
(7) The controlling person has permitted any person in his or her
employ to violate any provision of this code.
(8) The controlling person has violated any provision of law
relating to conduct of business that could lawfully be done only
under authority conferred by a license under this chapter.
(b) As used in this section, "controlling person" means a person
who possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause
the direction of the management and policies of the organization,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract other
than a commercial contract for goods or nonmanagement services, or
otherwise, including, but not limited to, power that is the result of
an official position with or corporate office held by the person.
Control shall be presumed to exist if any person, directly or
indirectly, owns, controls, holds with the power to vote, or holds
proxies representing, more than 10 percent of the voting securities
of the organization. This presumption may be rebutted by a showing
that control does not exist in fact. The commissioner may, after
furnishing all persons in interest notice and opportunity to be
heard, determine that control exists in fact, notwithstanding the
absence of a presumption to that effect.