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California Code, Insurance Code - INS § 988

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) As used in this section:

(1) “Impaired” means a financial situation in which the assets of an insurer are less than the sum of the insurer's minimum required capital, minimum required surplus and all liabilities as determined in accordance with the requirements for the preparation and filing of the annual statement of an insurer.

(2) “Chief executive officer” means the person, irrespective of title, designated by the board of directors or trustees of an insurer as the person charged with the responsibility of administering and implementing the insurer's policies and procedures.

(b) Whenever an insurer is impaired, its chief executive officer shall immediately notify the commissioner, in writing of that impairment and shall also immediately notify in writing all of the board of directors or trustees of the insurer. Any officer, director, or trustee of an insurer shall notify the person serving as chief executive officer of the impairment of the insurer in the event the officer, director, or trustee knows or has reason to know that the insurer is impaired.

(c) Any person who violates this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) or be imprisoned in the county jail for not more than one year, or both.

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