2007 California Insurance Code Article 1. Definitions

CA Codes (ins:1621-1624)

1621.  An insurance agent is a person authorized by and on behalf of
an insurer to transact all classes of insurance, except life
insurance.  The term "insurance agent" as used in this chapter does
not include a life agent as defined in this article.




1622.  (a) A life licensee is a person authorized to act on behalf
of a life insurer or a disability insurer to transact any of the
following:
   (1) Life insurance.
   (2) Accident and health insurance.
   (3) Life and accident and health insurance.
   (b) Licenses to act as a life agent under this chapter shall be of
the types set forth in Section 1626.



1623.  An insurance broker is a person who, for compensation and on
behalf of another person, transacts insurance other than life
insurance with, but not on behalf of, an insurer.  Every application
for insurance submitted by an insurance broker to an insurer shall
show that the person is acting as an insurance broker.  If the
application shows that the person is acting as an insurance broker
and is licensed as an insurance broker in the state in which the
application is submitted, it shall be presumed, for licensing
purposes only, that the person is acting as an insurance broker.
Nothing in this section is intended to affect any rights or remedies
otherwise available under the law.



1624.  An insurance solicitor is a natural person employed to aid an
insurance agent or insurance broker in transacting insurance other
than life.