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California Insurance Department Publishes Final Auto Body Labor Rate Survey Regulation

December 2, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

Department regulation addresses what it termed “…insurer created labor rate surveys which did not fairly measure labor rates” with new regulations specifying survey process.

Starting in February, insurance company labor rate surveys in California will need to follow a process outlined by the Department of Insurance. On Wednesday, the Department published its final text of its new regulation detailing a standardized labor rate survey process that will address concerns about some insurance company labor rate surveys it believes did not fairly measure labor rates.

California Labor Rate Regulation“Accurate and reliable labor rate surveys ensure that consumers are not left paying out-of-pocket for collision

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