AB 237

Current law prohibits an insurer that issues a motor vehicle insurance policy

that covers the repair or replacement of motor vehicle glass from conditioning the

coverage on whether the insured or a third party making a claim under the policy

obtains services or parts from a particular vendor specified by the insurer.

This bill provides that a consumer has the right to select the motor vehicle

repair facility of his or her choice and prohibits an insurer that issues a motor vehicle

insurance policy that covers repairs to a motor vehicle from: 1) requiring that repairs

must be made by a particular contractor or repair facility as a condition of that

coverage; or 2) failing to initiate or conclude with due dispatch an investigation of a

claim for repairs on the basis of whether the repair will be made by a particular

contractor or repair facility.