Cal. Ins. Code § 4094

Any plan of merger, consolidation, or other unification under this article shall provide that all rights and properties of the parties to the plan of merger, consolidation or other unification shall accrue to and become the rights and properties of the surviving or consolidated or continuing corporation which shall succeed to and assume all the obligations and liabilities of the merged, consolidating, or transferring corporation in the same manner as if incurred or contracted by the surviving, consolidated, or continuing corporation.