Article 8. Applicable Insurance Laws of California Insurance Code >> Division 2. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 4. >> Article 8.

Such an insurer shall be subject to all the provisions of this code and all the applicable rules and regulations of the commissioner. Such code provisions and such rules and regulations, when applied to such insurers, shall be construed in accordance with the fundamental nature of a mutual insurer. In the event of any direct conflicts between such code provisions and the provisions of this chapter, the latter shall prevail. Such other code provisions may, however, be used to supplement or explain the provisions of this chapter.

Any county mutual fire insurer, or two or more such insurers, may merge into a general mutual insurer described in this chapter by following the procedure in Article 9.5 (commencing with Section 7040) of Chapter 5, Part 1, Division 2 of this code. Such general mutual insurer shall become the surviving corporation. In addition, by following the above-mentioned procedure any two or more county mutual fire insurers may merge, concurrently with the transformation of one of them into a general mutual insurer described herein, as provided in Section 7044. 5.