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                                                                  AB 2780
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          Date of Hearing:   April 21, 2010

                           ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON INSURANCE
                                 Jose Solorio, Chair
             AB 2780 (Committee on Insurance) - As Introduced:  March 3,  
                                        2010
           
          SUBJECT  :   Insurers: reporting requirements

           SUMMARY  :   Eliminates several insurer annual reporting  
          requirements, but authorizes the Insurance Commissioner (IC) to  
          request the information at his or her discretion.  Specifically,  
           this bill  :  

          1)Provides that a report by insurers that write liability  
            insurance for long-term care facilities or other residential  
            care facilities for the elderly shall be filed by a date  
            specified by the IC not more than once in a calendar year.

          2)Requires automobile insurers to report specified data relating  
            to inspections of vehicles for which a property damage claim  
            was paid at the request of the IC, but not more than annually.  


          3)Repeals a requirement that the IC report annually to the  
            Governor and Legislature an analysis relating to the  
            relationship between uninsured motorists and the affordability  
            of automobile insurance.

           EXISTING LAW  :

          1)Provides that a report by insurers that write liability  
            insurance for long-term care facilities or other residential  
            care facilities for the elderly shall be filed by a date  
            specified by the IC but no later than July 1 of each calendar  
            year.

          2)Requires automobile insurers to annually report to the IC  
            specified data relating to inspections of vehicles for which a  
            property damage claim was paid.

          3)Requires the IC to report annually to the Governor and  
            Legislature on a number of issues, including an analysis  
            relating to the relationship between uninsured motorists and  
            the affordability of automobile insurance.








                                                                  AB 2780
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           FISCAL EFFECT  :   Undetermined.

           COMMENTS  :   The purpose of this committee bill is to reduce or  
          eliminate the burden of obsolete or unnecessary data reporting  
          requirements in the Insurance Code.  The provisions currently in  
          the bill have been vetted among the interested parties to ensure  
          that appropriate data is available, if needed, but excessive  
          collection of unused data is avoided.

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :   

           Support 
           
          None received.

           Opposition 
           
          None received.
           
          Analysis Prepared by  :    Mark Rakich / INS. / (916) 319-2086