Pacific Fire Rating Bureau v. Insurance Co. of North America

UDALL, Chief Justice.

The sole question presented by this appeal is whether the trial court erred in granting judgment on the pleadings, i. e., in holding as a matter of law, that Rule VII promulgated by the Pacific Fire Rating Bureau and approved by the Director of Insurance pursuant to the provisions of A.R.S. § 20-363, was invalid.

Appeals from the Director’s approval of the rule were consolidated in the trial court and appellees here will be referred to as “appellees” or “North America Companies”; appellant Pacific Fire Rating Bureau as “P.F.R.B.” and appellant Director of Insurance of the…