(a) It is the policy of the State of California that (1) insurers should, where practicable, be supportive of community development investments and community development infrastructure investments, and insurers should be encouraged to invest in prudent community development investments and community development infrastructure investments that benefit California and California’s low- and moderate-income communities; (2) every admitted insurer that writes a substantial amount of insurance in the state should consider community development investments and community development infrastructure investments; and (3) the California Organized Investment Network is a part of the department, and has the responsibility to pursue active measures to encourage community development investing by admitted insurers.
(b) Each insurer admitted in California that writes premium in California equal to or in excess of one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) annually shall develop, and file with the commissioner no later than July 1, 2011, a policy statement on community development investments and community development infrastructure investments that expresses the insurer’s goals for these investments during the current and following calendar year. These filings shall be public information. For purposes of this subdivision, “policy statement” means a statement of principle intended to influence a decision or action. The policy statement may include general goals or specific investment goals, but is not required to contain specific investment goals or thresholds.
(c) The commissioner shall establish a link on the department’s Internet Web site that provides public access to the contents of each insurer’s policy statement and the data on community development investments and community development infrastructure investments provided by each insurer pursuant to subdivision (b).
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 384, Sec. 3. (AB 2128) Effective January 1, 2015.)