Bill give decisions on the automatic repair missing teeth
The legislation, it would have been difficult for auto insurers in California to “steer” insurance approved body shops has been changed for the main provisions, after under heavy fire on the economics of insurance.
The bill by governments Sen. Pat Wiggins, D-Santa Rosa, now requires a study on the subject. It now belongs to the Senate, Sacramento Banking, Finance and Insurance Committee.
A coalition of the bodywork and pressure from consumer groups for the original version, complain that insurance companies are trying, with regard to the rejection of collision insurance with approved workshops outside their networks.
The groups, recognized the insurer workshops are forced to reduce costs and savings of work and the utilization of decommissioned items.
Wiggins’ original would be to strengthen the legislation have a law in 2003 prohibiting the auto insurer require or recommend that policyholders privileged with a big work.
The insurer said Bill Wiggins, consumers affect their ability to provide information about their options. Consumers “deserve to know if a large-work is the result of his work,” said Rex Frazier, president of the Personal Insurance Federation of California.
The assurance of the economy sponsored a media campaign against Bill Wiggins, including radio spots threw body parts companies to try to limit freedom of choice of consumers.
Wiggins changed their legislation to a task force to consider the issue and report back to the legislature by the end of next year.
“While this bill was significantly amended, I think the issue of” direction “insurance on a car body to another must be a new investigation,” said Wiggins. “When complaints were filed by the Insurance Commissioner and only the law requires the Division Primary insurance on the convening of a Task Force and the report on the legislature on issues related to the collision repair And where consumers have a right to their car for repairs after an accident. “
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