{"data":{"id":"us-ca/ins-1649.5","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"INS § 1649.5","heading":"","body":"Notwithstanding Section 1642, an insurer may own or control, whether directly or indirectly, a separate entity licensed under this chapter as a property broker-agent, casualty broker-agent, or life agent as defined in Section 1621, 1622, or 1623, respectively. Insurance transacted by a property broker-agent or a casualty broker-agent with and on behalf of the owning or controlling insurer shall be in its capacity as an insurance agent.","path":["Insurance Code - INS","DIVISION 1. GENERAL RULES GOVERNING INSURANCE [100. - 1879.8.]","PART 2. THE BUSINESS OF INSURANCE [680. - 1879.8.]","CHAPTER 5. Production Agencies [1621. - 1758.993.]","ARTICLE 3. Licensing [1631. - 1651.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"b0dc1c1428881af23cd9846132f1b164f35a706f13b45f0ecbebdf91aa5ce8ec","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/ins-1647.5","next":"us-ca/ins-1650"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}