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Cal. Insurance Code § 790 (2026)

Unfair Practices

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The purpose of this article is to regulate trade practices in the business of insurance in accordance with the intent of Congress as expressed in the Act of Congress of March 9, 1945 (Public Law 15, Seventy-ninth Congress), by defining, or providing for the determination of, all such practices in this State which constitute unfair methods of competition or unfair or deceptive acts or practices and by prohibiting the trade practices so defined or determined.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 63 cases (5 in the last 5 years), 1979–2025 · leading case: Zhang v. Superior Court, 304 P.3d 163 (Cal. 2013).
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Zhang v. Superior Court, 304 P.3d 163 (Cal. 2013). · cites it 2× “) and the Unfair Insurance Practices Act (UIPA; Ins. Code, § 790 et seq.). The question is whether insurance practices that violate the UIPA can support a UCL action.”
Ass'n of California Ins. Companies v. Jones, 386 P.3d 1188 (Cal. 2017). · cites it 2× “The Unfair Insurance Practices Act In 1959, the Legislature enacted the Unfair Insurance Practices Act (UIPA) (Ins. Code, § 790 et seq. ). Its purpose is to regulate trade practices in the business of insurance "by defining, or providing for the determination of, all such…”
Moradi-Shalal v. Fireman's Fund Ins. Companies, 758 P.2d 58 (Cal. 1988). · cites it 2× “) Among the issues raised and argued by counsel and amici curiae, however, is the more basic question whether we should reconsider our holding in Royal Globe.”
Cates Constr., Inc. v. Talbot Partners, 980 P.2d 407 (Cal. 1999). · cites it 2× “More importantly, the Insurance Code subjects sureties to substantial administrative sanctions and penalties for violations of the Unfair Trade Practices Act (Ins. Code, § 790 et seq.). Those sanctions include maximum civil penalties of $5,000 for each act or $10,000 for each…”
Mfrs. Life Ins. v. Superior Court, 895 P.2d 56 (Cal. 1995). · cites it 2× “We granted review in this matter to consider the holding of the Court of Appeal that the Unfair Insurance Practices Act (Ins. Code, § 790 et seq.) does not supersede or displace insurance-industry-related claims under the Cartwright Act (Bus.”
Imperial Cas. & Indem. Co. v. Sogomonian, 198 Cal. App. 3d 169 (Cal. Ct. App. 1988). · cites it 2× “03 is an integral part of extensive legislation designed to regulate the trade practices of the business of insurance in California, including the prohibition of certain methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices.”
Boghos v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's of London, 115 P.3d 68 (Cal. 2005). “While insurance bad faith claims were for a time thought to have a statutory basis in the Unfair Practices Act (Ins. Code, § 790 et seq.), we definitively rejected that position in Moradi-Shalal v.”
Am. Int'l Grp., Inc. v. Superior Court, 234 Cal. App. 3d 749 (Cal. Ct. App. 1991). · cites it 3× “16 With respect to the first factor, it is certainly arguable that the regulatory provisions of the Unfair Trade Practices Act (Ins. Code, § 790 et seq.) do not limit or modify the risk assumed either by the insurer or the insured.”
Schlauch v. Hartford Accident & Indem. Co., 146 Cal. App. 3d 926 (Cal. Ct. App. 1983). · cites it 2× “03, subdivision (h), the claims settlement provision of California’s Unfair Practices Act (Ins. Code, § 790 et seq.) lists a number of unfair settlement practices which constitute unfair methods of competition or unfair and deceptive acts or practices in the business of…”
Gen. Ins. v. Mammoth Vista Owners' Ass'n, 174 Cal. App. 3d 810 (Cal. Ct. App. 1985). · cites it 2× “(Mammoth) in an action on a surety bond for breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing and violation of the Unfair Practices Act (Ins. Code, § 790 et seq.). On this appeal General contends that a surety is not subject to liability in tort for breach of the…”
R & B Auto Ctr., Inc. v. Farmers Grp., Inc., 44 Cal. Rptr. 3d 426 (Cal. Ct. App. 2006). “13, Truck Insurance requested "an order excluding evidence of, reference to, and/or questions regarding" Insurance Code section 790 et seq. Truck Insurance argued that Insurance Code section 790.”
Fairbanks v. Superior Court of Los Angeles Cnty., 205 P.3d 201 (Cal. 2009). “1, 8.) The omission or exclusion of insurance from the definition of “services” may have been one element of the compromise.”
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