Section 706.5 Of Article 3. Certificate Of Authority From California Insurance Code >> Division 1. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 3.
706.5
. The commissioner, in addition to any other proper ground for
denying a certificate of authority to a nonadmitted insurer, may
deny such certificate whenever, in his judgment, the investments of
such insurer are not so made as to make available within a reasonable
time sufficient moneys to meet promptly any demand which might in
the ordinary course of events be properly made against the insurer.
In the case of an admitted insurer, whenever the commissioner finds
such a condition to exist, he may order such insurer to cease to
effect new contracts of insurance until its financial circumstances
are changed sufficiently to remove such condition. The commissioner
may suspend or revoke the certificate of authority of any admitted
insurer which fails to comply with such order.
The commissioner shall not issue such order under this section to
any solvent admitted insurer if 25 per cent or more in value of the
assets thereof is in cash or invested in the securities specified by
sections 1171, 1172, 1173, 1174 and 1175, or in securities specified
in sections 1191 and 1192 if such securities are listed on a
securities exchange, subject to regulation, supervision, or control
under a statute of the United States of America. The provisions of
this section likewise apply to reciprocal or interinsurance
exchanges.