(a) No person shall issue or offer to issue home protection contracts in this state unless the person holds a home protection company license issued by the department, except as provided in subdivision (b) of this section.

(b) An insurer admitted for the class of insurance defined in Section 120 is authorized, in addition to the underwriting powers granted by the class, to issue home protection contracts, but the provisions of this part shall not be otherwise applicable to those insurers or their contracts.

(c) No license shall be granted to a foreign applicant that has not fulfilled the requirements of Sections 716 and 717. For purposes of this part, the term “class of insurance” as used in said sections shall mean the business of a home protection company. This section shall not prohibit the admission of a foreign home protection company that has actively transacted home protection business in its state of domicile for three years or more.

(d) The commissioner shall by regulation prescribe forms for applications for home protection company licenses consistent with the provisions of this part. Any reference to certificate of authority in Article 3 (commencing with Section 699) of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of Division 1, shall mean home protection company license.

(e) (1) Subject to paragraph (2) and, notwithstanding subdivision (c) or any regulation to the contrary, the following requirements shall not apply to any foreign applicant:

(A) Filing a financial statement certified by the applicant’s home state regulatory official as a true and correct copy of the statement filed with that official. This exemption applies only if the official does not require a home protection company or the applicant to file a financial statement.

(B) Filing an examination report certified by the applicant’s home state regulatory official as a true and correct copy. This exemption applies only if the official does not prepare examination reports of home protection companies or has not prepared an examination report of the applicant.

(C) Holding a certificate of authority as an insurance company.

(2) The exemptions described in paragraph (1) apply only if the applicant’s chief executive officer stipulates that the company will provide financial reports in the same manner required of domestic home protection companies.

(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 324, Sec. 1. (AB 1130) Effective January 1, 2015.)