Section 1.

1. This act shall be known as the Insurance Code. (Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 145.)

Section 10.

10. “Section” means a section of this code unless some other statute is specifically mentioned and “subdivision” or “subsection” means a subdivision or subsection of the section in which that term occurs unless some other section is expressly mentioned. (Amended by Stats. 1955, Ch. 471.)

Section 11.

11. The present tense includes the past and future tenses; and the future, the present. (Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 145.)

Section 12.

12. The masculine gender includes the feminine and neuter. (Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 145.)

Section 12.2.

12.2. “Spouse” includes “registered domestic partner,” as required by Section 297.5 of the Family Code. (Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 50, Sec. 56. (SB 1005) Effective January 1, 2017.)

Section 13.

13. The singular number includes the plural, and the plural the singular. (Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 145.)

Section 14.

14. “County” includes “city and county.” (Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 145.)

Section 15.

15. “City” includes “city and county.” (Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 145.)

Section 16.

16. As used in this code the word “shall” is mandatory and the word “may” is permissive, unless otherwise apparent from the context. (Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 145.)

Section 17.

17. “Oath” includes affirmation. (Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 145.)

Section 18.

18. “Signature” or “subscription” includes mark when the signer or subscriber can not write, such signer’s or subscriber’s name being written near the mark by a witness who writes his own name near the signer’s or subscriber’s name; but a signature or subscription by mark can be acknowledged or can serve as a signature or […]

Section 19.

19. “Person” means any person, association, organization, partnership, business trust, limited liability company, or corporation. (Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1010, Sec. 172. Effective January 1, 1995.)

Section 2.

2. The provisions of this code in so far as they are substantially the same as existing statutory provisions relating to the same subject matter shall be construed as restatements and continuations thereof, and not as new enactments. (Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 145.)

Section 20.

20. “Commissioner” means the Insurance Commissioner of this State. (Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 145.)

Section 20.5.

20.5. Whenever in this code the terms “State Industrial Accident Commission” or “Industrial Accident Commission” or “commission,” relating to the said “State Industrial Accident Commission” or the said “Industrial Accident Commission,” appear, said terms shall mean “Division of Industrial Accidents,” including “administrative director” of said division or “appeals board,” or both, as the context may […]

Section 21.

21. “Division,” and “department,” in reference to the government of this state, mean the Department of Insurance of this state. (Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1239, Sec. 4.)

Section 21.5.

21.5. (a) “Administrative law bureau” or “administrative hearing bureau” means the unit within the Department of Insurance that provides administrative hearings. (b) An administrative law judge appointed by the commissioner pursuant to civil service rules shall be employed within the administrative law bureau and shall not be supervised directly by the commissioner or supervised directly or indirectly […]

Section 22.

22. Insurance is a contract whereby one undertakes to indemnify another against loss, damage, or liability arising from a contingent or unknown event. (Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 145.)

Section 23.

23. The person who undertakes to indemnify another by insurance is the insurer, and the person indemnified is the insured. (Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 145.)

Section 24.

24. “Admitted,” in relation to a person, means entitled to transact insurance business in this state, having complied with the laws imposing conditions precedent to transaction of such business. The State Compensation Insurance Fund shall be deemed to be admitted pursuant to authority to transact workers’ compensation insurance granted by the Legislature. The commissioner shall […]