The commissioner shall have power to examine and investigate into the affairs of every person engaged in the business of insurance in the State in order to determine whether such person has been or is engaged in any unfair method of competition or in any unfair or deceptive act or practice prohibited by Section 790.03 or determined pursuant to this article to be an unfair method of competition or an unfair or deceptive practice in the business of insurance. Such investigation may be conducted pursuant to Article 2 (commencing at Section 11180) of Chapter 2, Part 1, Division 3, Title 2 of the Government Code.
Cal. Ins. Code § 790.04
Unfair Practices
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 2 Cal. 5th 376 - Association of California Insurance Companies v. Jones (2017)
Most recently applied in 2 Cal. 5th 376 - Association of California Insurance Companies v. Jones (January 2017)
Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1737.
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