Insurance Code section 1764.2

No surplus line broker shall issue any evidence of insurance or cause or purport to cause any risk to be insured by a nonadmitted insurer or advise any home state insured or home state insured applicant for insurance that coverage has been or will be obtained from a nonadmitted insurer unless:

(a)

The broker has prior written authority from the nonadmitted insurer to cause the risk to be insured;

(b)

The broker has received advice in the ordinary course of business that the coverage has been obtained; or

(c)

A policy of insurance covering the insured for the risk has actually been issued by the nonadmitted insurer and delivered to the insured or his or her representative.

Source: Section 1764.2, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=INS§ionNum=1764.­2.­ (updated Jul. 15, 2011; accessed Jun. 16, 2025).

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