National Automobile & Casualty Insurance v. Downey

On March 21, 1945, the Insurance Commissioner issued an order directing the National Automobile and Casualty Insurance Company to appear and to show cause why its certificate of authority to transact insurance in the State of California should not be suspended for a period not to exceed one year. It was stated in part therein that said order was based on reports made to the commissioner that: said insurance company had as a matter of ordinary practice settled claims arising under workmen’s compensation policies through the medium of a compromise ánd release form which form bore the heading,…