A branch office must be a bonafide place of business maintaining reasonable hours for service to customers. A telephone answering service or mail service at any office or location which is not under the active direction, control, charge and management of the licensee or the licensee's manager does not qualify as a branch office.
Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 10, § 2691.15
Note: Authority cited: Section 14013 (b), Insurance Code. Reference: Section 14045, Insurance Code.