California Codes
Cal. Insurance Code § 100 (2026)
Classes of Insurance
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Insurance in this state is divided into the following classes:
(1)Life.
(2)Fire.
(3)Marine.
(4)Title.
(5)Surety.
(6)Disability.
(7)Plate glass.
(8)Liability.
(9)Workers’ compensation.
(10)Common carrier liability.
(11)Boiler and machinery.
(12)Burglary.
(13)Credit.
(14)Sprinkler.
(15)Team and vehicle.
(16)Automobile.
(17)[Reserved]
(18)Aircraft.
(19)Mortgage guaranty.
(19.5)Insolvency.
(19.6)Legal insurance.
(20)Miscellaneous.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7
cases, 1985–2019 · leading case: Cates Constr., Inc. v. Talbot Partners, 980 P.2d 407 (Cal. 1999).
Cates Constr., Inc. v. Talbot Partners, 980 P.2d 407 (Cal. 1999). “(Ins.Code, § 100, subd. (5).) Performance bonds are listed within that class.”
Gen. Ins. v. Mammoth Vista Owners' Ass'n, 174 Cal. App. 3d 810 (Cal. Ct. App. 1985). “” (Ins. Code, § 100, subd. (5).) “Surety insurance includes: [1] (1) The guaranteeing of behavior of persons and the guaranteeing of performance of contracts (including executing or guaranteeing bonds and undertakings required or permitted in all actions or proceedings or by law…”
Alvarez v. Ins. Co. of North Am., 667 F. Supp. 689 (N.D. Cal. 1987). “” More to the point here, Cal. Ins. Code § 100 (5) includes "surety” among the “classes” of "[i]nsurance in this state .”
California Fin. Responsibility Co. v. Pierce, 226 Cal. App. 3d 1663 (Cal. Ct. App. 1991). “” (Ins. Code, § 100, subd. (5).) 7 Company argues that since it has a city business license it is “authorized to do business in this State.”
California Ins. Guarantee v. Alex M. Azar, II (9th Cir. 2019). “§ 1395y(b)(2)(A). CIGA does not fall within the plain meaning of this definition because it is not a workers’ compensation law or plan.”
In Re Corrine W., 64 Cal. Rptr. 3d 819 (Cal. Ct. App. 2007). “) Corrine directs us to the definition of liability insurance found in the Insurance Code, which states that liability insurance includes "[insurance against loss resulting from liability for injury, fatal or nonfatal, suffered by any natural person, or resulting from liability…”
Untitled California Attorney Gen. Opinion (Cal. Att'y Gen. 1991). “(Ins. Code, §§ 100(5), 105.). With respect to that form of insurance, section 12090 of the Insurance Code provides: "An admitted surety insurer shall not become surety on any one undertaking, or accept reinsurance on such undertaking, when its liability thereon, in excess of the…”
Cal. Insurance Code § 100(5): 1 case
Untitled California Attorney Gen. Opinion (Cal. Att'y Gen. 1991). “(Ins. Code, §§ 100(5), 105.). With respect to that form of insurance, section 12090 of the Insurance Code provides: "An admitted surety insurer shall not become surety on any one undertaking, or accept reinsurance on such undertaking, when its liability thereon, in excess of the…”
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