(a) The commissioner may license an organization as an insurance claims analysis bureau if it meets the following qualifications:
(1) Is a nonprofit corporation organized for the purpose of fraud prevention or is a corporation that has made the filings required by Section 1855.2.
(2) Has at least two years of experience, or has a managing officer with at least two years of experience, determined by the commissioner to be relevant to operation of an insurance claims analysis bureau, or has at least two years’ experience collecting and compiling insurance statistical information.
(3) Has a member or subscriber base of sufficient size that is, in the opinion of the commissioner, adequate to assure uniformity in data collection and cost efficiency to the insurer.
(4) Maintains its records in a computerized format.
(b) An applicant seeking a license as an insurance claims analysis bureau shall file with the commissioner the following documents:
(1) A copy of its articles of incorporation, its bylaws, and any rules and regulations governing the conduct of its business.
(2) A list of members or subscribers.
(3) A description of its technical capacity to collect and serve the volume of data necessary to act as an insurance claims analysis bureau.
(4) A statement establishing that the applicant meets the conditions set forth in subdivision (a).
(5) A certificate signed by an officer of the applicant that it will permit any licensed insurer to become a member or subscriber to the insurance claims analysis bureau.
(6) A statement of all of the following:
(A) That it will provide admitted insurers subject to Article 6 (commencing with Section 1876) the ability to submit required information to the claims analysis bureau at no cost to the insurer, and also provide nonmember or nonsubscriber insurers, at no cost to the insurer, any software that is specifically designed for the purpose of submitting information electronically that the bureau requires its insurers to use.
(B) That information from its data base will be made available to state law enforcement agencies pursuant to existing law, and that it will be made available at no cost to those agencies.
(c) This section shall not be interpreted to provide any nonmember or nonsubscriber any rights of membership or subscription in an organization licensed as an insurance claims analysis bureau.
(Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 501, Sec. 2.8. Effective January 1, 1998.)
Last modified: October 25, 2018