Cal. INS § 1111

Insurers desiring to issue policies to which this article is applicable, and to pay commissions to persons who are licensed as insurance agents, but not as agents for all insurers participating in the risk, and who are not licensed as insurance brokers, may file with the commissioner in such form as he may require, a statement of the plan under which they intend to operate, and a list of the insurers that will operate under the plan. If the commissioner finds that the nature of the plan is not such that the interests of the insuring public will be jeopardized by permitting an agent of one or more of the insurers to act in a transaction with or for all the insurers, or for the particular insurer paying the commission without being licensed as agent for such insurer or as an insurance broker, he may issue a permit authorizing the operation of the plan by or on behalf of the insurers listed in the application, and the payment of commissions pursuant to the plan as approved by the commissioner shall be lawful.