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          CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS


          AB  
          2884 (Committee on Insurance)


          As Amended  August 15, 2016


          Majority vote


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          Original Committee Reference:  INS.


          SUMMARY:  Makes numerous minor or technical changes to the  
          Insurance Code.  


          The Senate amendments clarify existing law regarding actuarial  
          filings to the Department of Insurance (DOI), require the  
          creation of an electronic filing system for consumer complaints,  
          restore a provision defining private passenger automobile  
          insurance, and repeal an obsolete section of the Insurance Code.


          EXISTING LAW:  


          1)Defines a private passenger automobile policy.


          2)Requires individuals who transact insurance to be licensed by  








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            the DOI.


          3)Requires individuals licensed by the DOI to submit any  
            fictitious name for doing business other than that listed on  
            their license to the DOI and permits the commissioner to  
            disapprove that name if it is misleading or too similar to  
            another name already in use.


          4)Requires the commissioner to publish a long-term care  
            insurance consumer rate guide that includes the rate history  
            for individual long-term care insurance products.


          5)Requires individuals acting as an independent adjuster or  
            public adjuster to be licensed by the DOI.


          6)Authorizes a charitable or qualified educational organization  
            to be licensed by the DOI as a grants and annuities society  
            that can accept gifts in exchange for providing the donor with  
            an annuity.


          FISCAL EFFECT:  Unknown


          COMMENTS:  


          1)Purpose.  This is the annual Department of Insurance (DOI)  
            omnibus bill.  It contains numerous minor or non-controversial  
            changes to the Insurance Code.   


          Analysis Prepared by:                                             
          Paul Riches / INS. / (916) 319-2086  FN: 0004279












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