Cal. INS § 1153.5

This is the official text of Cal. INS § 1153.5, part of California’s Insurance Code — regulates insurance companies and the insurance policies sold in California.

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Official statutory text

An admitted insurer which has been in business as an insurer less than three years from and after the time when it commenced business as an insurer shall maintain its assets during the balance of such three-year period in the types of assets specified in Section 1153, excepting such of its assets as are in excess of the sum of its liabilities and the surplus and capital requirements for admission. On its failure so to do, the commissioner may revoke its certificate of authority. 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.

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