(a) A home protection company which has issued or renewed an aggregate number of 1,000 or less contracts in the preceding calendar year shall maintain a minimum net worth of forty thousand dollars ($40,000) and for each additional 500 contracts, or fraction thereof, up to 10,000 contracts, an additional twenty thousand dollars ($20,000).
(b) Net worth is defined as the excess of admitted assets over all liabilities and required reserves. At least twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) of net worth shall consist of paid-in capital.