Manufacturers Life Insurance v. Superior Court

Opinion

BAXTER, J.

We granted review in this matter to consider the holding of the Court of Appeal that the Unfair Insurance Practices Act (Ins. Code, § 790 et seq.) does not supersede or displace insurance-industry-related claims under the Cartwright Act (Bus. & Prof. Code, §§ 16720-16770) and/or the Unfair Competition Act (Bus. & Prof. Code, § 17200 et seq.) Simply stated, the issue is whether life insurance, which was not affected by Proposition 103, the 1988 initiative measure which expressly declares that other lines of insurance are subject to antitrust and unfair business practice laws…