Utah Property & Casualty Insurance Guaranty Ass'n v. United Services Automobile Ass'n

Opinion

SIMS, Acting P. J.

Insurance Code section 11580.2 requires all insurance policies on motor vehicles principally used in California to include uninsured motorist coverage. (All statutory references are to section 11580.2 of the Insurance Code unless otherwise indicated.) The definition of an “uninsured motor vehicle” for purposes of this provision includes a vehicle for which liability insurance has been obtained, but the insurer has become insolvent. (Subd. (b)(2).)

Subdivision (b)(2) also provides in relevant part: “An insurer’s solvency protection shall be applicable only to accidents…