Ins. Code, § 778.2 · Article 5.8. Premium Financing
Ins. Code, § 778.2
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) Any person engaged in business as an insurance agent or broker and who participates in the arrangement of a premium financing agreement shall, if he accepts compensation for arranging, directing, or performing services in connection with the premium financing agreement, disclose to the insured, in a manner and form established by the commissioner, the amount of compensation he is to receive from the premium financer and maintain for three years and make available to the commissioner a list of accounts in connection with which he has accepted compensation for premium financing services showing the amount of such compensation with respect to each premium financing agreement and with respect to each financing schedule used by the agent or broker. The requirements of this subdivision shall not apply with respect to interest paid to the broker or agent by the premium financer based upon delay in payment of the premium due the insurer as permitted under subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 18628 of the Financial Code.
(b) The commissoner shall hold a hearing and adopt by regulation a standard procedure and form for making the disclosure to the insured required by subdivision (a).
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History
Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 356, Sec. 5.
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