Section 826 Of Article 8. Issue Of Securities From California Insurance Code >> Division 1. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 8.
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. "Insurer" for the purposes of this article includes every
organization organized for the purpose of assuming the risk of loss
under contracts of insurance or reinsurance, and also includes any of
the following organizations:
(a) An admitted insurer,
(b) A nonadmitted domestic insurer,
(c) A nonadmitted foreign insurer,
(d) A nonadmitted alien insurer,
(e) An underwritten title company, or an organization organized
for the purpose of doing an underwritten title business, whether
licensed or not, and
(f) An attorney in fact of a reciprocal or interinsurance
exchange, whether it be admitted or not, or an organization organized
for the purpose of acting as the attorney in fact of a reciprocal,
or interinsurance exchange, whether the same be admitted or not.
"Insurer" shall not include, unless specified in subdivisions (a)
through (f), inclusive, an organization, which though required to
obtain a certificate or license from the commissioner, is organized
or to be organized primarily for purposes other than assuming the
risk of loss under contracts or agreements of insurance.
The amendments of this section by the Legislature at the 1965
Regular Session, except as they relate to underwritten title
companies, attorneys in fact, and exclusive managers, shall be
construed as a restatement and continuation of the law existing prior
to such amendment. Every permit issued by the commissioner or the
Commissioner of Corporations to an insurer as defined in this section
prior to its amendment by the Legislature at 1965 Regular Session
shall be valid and effective for all purposes stated therein, from
the date of its issuance until the date of expiration stated therein.
Every permit issued by the commissioner under the authority of
former subdivision (g) of this section from the date such subdivision
became effective in 1965 until the effective date of the amendment
to this section at the 1970 Regular Session of the Legislature shall
be valid and effective for all purposes stated therein, from the date
of its issuance until the expiration date specified therein.