Quelimane Co. v. Stewart Title Guaranty Co.

Opinion

BAXTER, J.

In this case we are again called upon to construe and apply the unfair competition law (UCL). (Bus. & Prof. Code, §§ 17200-17209.)1 The principal question here is whether the Insurance Code displaces the UCL and provides the only remedies for plaintiffs who have been harmed by an alleged conspiracy among title insurers to refuse to sell title insurance on real property acquired at a tax sale.

We conclude that the Insurance Code does not displace the UCL except as to title insurance company activities related to rate setting. We shall reverse the judgment of the Court of Appeal…