Description
This reference contains the California Insurance Code and insurance provisions from the Business and Professions Code, Civil Code, Code of Civil Procedure, Evidence Code, Financial Code, Government Code, Labor Code, Penal Code, Probate Code, Revenue and Taxation Code, and Vehicle Code. It includes subchapters on private passenger automobile rating factors, review of rates, practice and procedure for rate proceedings, and fair claims settlement practices from title 10 of the California Code of Regulations. It also covers California's antitrust guidelines for the insurance industry, selected provisions from titles 15, 26, and 29 of the United States Code, and author commentary.
Features
- Includes schedule of fees and charges circulated by the Department of Insurance
- Provides additional guidance on the construction and application of particular sections
- References to Witkin, Summary of California Law, 9th, provide direction for further research
- A table of affected sections indicates the sections modified by the previous year’s legislation
- Includes authoritative discussion and analysis of the leading cases; interpretation and application of statutes and rules
- Underlining indicates additions or changes in statutes affected by the previous year’s legislation; asterisks indicate deletions
- Extensive cross-references give direction to related provisions throughout the California Insurance Code and the California Code of Regulations