The purpose of this article is to establish standards for the collection, use and disclosure of information gathered in connection with insurance transactions by insurance institutions, agents or insurance-support organizations; to maintain a balance between the need for information by those conducting the business of insurance and the public’s need for fairness in insurance information practices, including the need to minimize intrusiveness; to establish a regulatory mechanism to enable natural persons to ascertain what information is being or has been collected about them in connection with insurance transactions and to have access to such information for the purpose of verifying or disputing its accuracy; to limit the disclosure of information collected in connection with insurance transactions; and to enable insurance applicants and policyholders to obtain the reasons for any adverse underwriting decision.
Cal. Ins. Code § 791
Insurance Information and Privacy Protection Act
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case 8 Cal. 4th 30 - Heller v. Norcal Mutual Insurance (1994)
Most recently applied in 158 Cal. App. 4th 1242 - Puerto v. Superior Court (January 2008)
Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1214, Sec. 1
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