Except in the case of a broker holding a broker’s certificate issued by the commissioner under this code or by the Commissioner of Business Oversight under the Corporate Securities Law of 1968 (Division 1 (commencing with Section 25000) of Title 4 of the Corporations Code) and then in effect, a person, desiring or proposing to sell a security to be issued by any insurer, shall not issue, circulate, or publish any advertisement, pamphlet, prospectus, or circular concerning that security until the insurer secures from the commissioner a permit authorizing it to sell the security.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 143, Sec. 71. (SB 251) Effective January 1, 2020.)