California Code of Regulations
Title 10 - Investment
Chapter 5 - Insurance Commissioner
Subchapter 3 - Insurers
Article 12 - Disability Insurance Advertisements
Section 2537 - Enforcement Procedures

(a) Advertising File: Each insurer shall maintain at its home or principal office a complete file containing every printed, published or prepared advertisement of its individual policies and typical printed, published or prepared advertisements of its blanket, selected group (franchise) and group policies hereafter disseminated in this or any other state whether or not licensed in such other state, with a notation attached to each such advertisement which shall indicate the manner and extent of distribution and the form number of any policy advertised. Such file shall be subject to regular and periodical inspection by this Department. All such advertisements shall be maintained in said file for a period of either four years or until the filing of the next regular report on examination of the insurer, whichever is the longer period of time.

GUIDELINE 2537(a)

This Subsection is self-explanatory.

(b) Certificate of Compliance: Each insurer required to file an Annual Statement which is now or which hereafter becomes subject to the provisions of these regulations must file with this Department with its Annual Statement a Certificate of Compliance executed by an authorized officer of the insurer wherein it is stated that to the best of his knowledge, information and belief the advertisements of disability insurance which were disseminated by the insurer in this State during the preceding statement year complied or were made to comply in all respects with the provisions of these regulations and the Insurance Laws of this State as implemented and interpreted by these regulations.

GUIDELINE 2537(b)

Insurers become subject to the requirements of this Subsection by disseminating within this State advertisements of disability insurance which are not exempted from these regulations.