For the purpose of making provision for the issuance of policies or contracts authorized by Article 5 (commencing with Section 10506) of Chapter 5 of Division 2, the commissioner may grant authority to transact variable contracts to a person or a natural person named on a license of an organization licensed as a life agent which is appointed by an admitted insurer which is required to register itself or to register a separate account or fund with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission under the Federal Investment Company Act of 1940, or to register its variable policies or contracts with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Federal Securities Act of 1933, and has complied with that requirement.
No person shall act as an agent of the insurer in the transaction of the policies or contracts unless he or she holds a valid authority under this article.