California Insurance Code 1850.4-1851.1
1850.4. In this chapter "casualty insurance" means all classes of insurance to which the provisions of this chapter are applicable and which are included within Sections 105, 107, 108, 110, 112, 113, 115, and, when written by insurers not admitted to transact fire or marine insurance, Sections 111, 114, 116, 118 and 120. 1850.5. In this chapter "wilful" or "wilfully" in relation to an act or omission which constitutes a violation of this chapter means with actual knowledge or belief that such act or omission constitutes such violation and with specific intent to commit such violation. 1851. The provisions of this chapter shall apply to all insurance on risks or on operations in this state, except: (a) Reinsurance, other than joint reinsurance to the extent stated in Article 5. (b) Life insurance. (c) Insurance of vessels or craft, their cargoes, marine builders' risks, marine protection and indemnity, or other risks commonly insured under marine, as distinguished from inland marine, insurance policies. Inland marine insurance shall be deemed to include insurance now or hereafter defined by statute, or by interpretation thereof, or if not so defined or interpreted, by ruling of the commissioner or as established by general custom of the business, as inland marine insurance. (d) Title insurance. (e) Disability insurance. (f) Workers' compensation insurance and insurance of any liability of employers for injuries to, or death of, employees arising out of, and in the course of, employment when this insurance is incidental to, and written in connection with, the workers' compensation insurance issued to the same employer and covering the same employer interests. (g) Mortgage insurance. (h) Insurance transacted by county mutual fire insurers or county mutual fire reinsurers. 1851.1. Notwithstanding subdivision (f) of Section 1851 or any other provision of law and except as and to the extent otherwise provided in Section 1854.5 and 11753.3, any classification of risks and premium rates or system of rating for insurance covering employers against their liability for compensation or damages under the United States Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (33 U.S.C. 901, et seq.) shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter.
