Public-domain · open source
OpenJurist

Cal. Ins. Code § 10082

Earthquake Insurance

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Kenneth Aslan v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company (1997)

Most recently applied in Kenneth Aslan v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company (September 1997)

Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 124, Sec. 77

(a) The offer required by Section 10081 shall include coverage against risk of loss or damage from the peril of earthquake, in accordance with the minimum coverages required by subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 10089.

(b) The earthquake coverage shall be in accordance with the insurer’s rules and rating plan, provided, however, that nothing contained in this chapter shall require an insurer to issue a policy of residential property insurance except in accordance with the insurer’s usual underwriting standards. However, those standards shall not permit an insurer to provide a policy of residential property insurance unless the offer of coverage required by this chapter is made.

Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.