A contract of reinsurance is one by which an insurer procures a third person to insure him against loss or liability by reason of such original insurance.
Cal. Ins. Code § 620
Reinsurance
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Carpenter v. Pacific Mutual Life Insurance (1937)
Most recently applied in 42 Cal. 4th 358 - Catholic Mutual Relief Society v. Superior Court (August 2007)
Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 145.
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