California Code of Regulations
Title 10 - Investment
Chapter 5 - Insurance Commissioner
Subchapter 9 - Insurance Fraud
Article 6 - Law Enforcement Access to Insurance Claims Information
Section 2698.80 - Definitions
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) "Claims Analysis Bureau" (CAB) means a licensed, non-profit corporation, organized for the purpose of fraud prevention or is a corporation that has made the filings required by Section 1855.2 that receives, compiles and transmits insurance claims information pursuant to California Insurance Code (CIC) Sections 1875. 14.
(b) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Department of Insurance of the State of California.
(c) "Department" means the Department of Insurance of the State of California.
(d) "Fraud Division" means the Department of Insurance of the State of California Fraud Division, formerly known as the Bureau of Fraudulent Claims.
(e) "Insurance claims information" means any bodily injury, medical payment or uninsured motorist claim made under a policy of automobile insurance.
(f) "Insurer" shall have the same meaning as is given by CIC Section 1874.1.
(g) "Law Enforcement" shall have the same meaning as is given by Penal Code Section 830.1, 830.32, 830.3, 830.8, 830.37 and 830.39 and shall also include investigators for the Department of Consumer Affairs Bureau of Automotive Repair.
(h) "Match Report" or "Matched Claims Data Format" means the manner in which data is provided to insurers by the Claims Analysis Bureau as a result of a match between insurance claims information submitted by one insurer and information previously submitted by another insurer.
(i) "Supplemental Information" means any insurance claims information provided to the insurer after the initial insurance claims information is filed.
1. New article 6
(sections 2698.80-2698.86) and section filed 5-19-97; operative 6-18-97 (Register
97, No. 21).
2. Repealer of article 6 (sections 2698.80-2698.86) and
section and new article 6 (sections 2698.80-2698.89.1) and section filed 12-26-2006;
operative 1-25-2006 (Register 2006, No. 52).
Note: Authority cited: Section 1875.18(d)(2), Insurance Code. Reference: Section 1875.18, Insurance Code.