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704
. The commissioner may suspend the certificate of authority of
an insurer for not exceeding one year whenever he finds, after proper
hearing following notice, that such insurer engages in any of the
following practices:
(a) Conducting its business fraudulently.
(b) Not carrying out its contracts in good faith.
(c) Habitually and as a matter of ordinary practice and custom
compelling claimants under policies, or liability judgment creditors
of the insured, to either accept less than the amount due under the
terms of the policies or resort to litigation against such insurer to
secure the payment of the amount due.
The order of suspension shall prescribe the period of such
suspension.
The proceedings shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 5 of
Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, and the
commissioner shall have all the powers granted therein.