Motor vehicle insurance: damage assessments.

Existing law generally regulates the conduct of motor vehicle insurers relative to insureds or claimants. Under existing law, insurers are required to provide each insured with an Auto Body Repair Consumer Bill of Rights containing specified information relating to the rights of insureds relative to covered auto body repairs. This bill would require that information regarding a consumer's right to seek and obtain an independent repair estimate directly from a registered auto body repair shop for repair of a damaged vehicle, even when pursuing an insurance claim for repair of that vehicle, be included in the Auto Body Repair Consumer Bill of Rights.