Section 16010.
16010. In order to ensure an adequate response to disasters, the Legislature finds it necessary and appropriate to establish insurance disaster assessment teams. (Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 510, Sec. 1. Effective September 15, 1998.)
Section 16010.5.
16010.5. The commissioner shall establish insurance disaster assessment teams in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 510, Sec. 1. Effective September 15, 1998.)
Section 16011.
16011. (a) Each team shall consist of not more than seven insurance representatives. Insurers doing business in this state that want to participate in the insurance disaster assessment teams shall submit the names of qualified representatives to the commissioner. (b) The commissioner may establish one or more insurance disaster assessment teams, and may provide for different teams […]
Section 16012.
16012. Upon the occurrence of any state of emergency involving property damage, the commissioner may require any insurance disaster assessment team to assemble for the purpose of assessing the extent, type, and degree of insured damage involved in the emergency. (Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 510, Sec. 1. Effective September 15, 1998.)
Section 16013.
16013. State and local law enforcement officials shall permit an insurance disaster assessment team to have access to any disaster area as soon as determined safe and practical by the incident commander. The commissioner shall be responsible for the coordination and dispatch of insurance disaster assessment teams to disaster areas. (Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. […]
Section 16014.
16014. The insurance disaster assessment team may use any of the following techniques to assess the amount of damage: (a) Ground surveying on foot or vehicle, or aerial surveying if necessary. (b) Analysis of data provided by others. (Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 510, Sec. 1. Effective September 15, 1998.)
Section 16015.
16015. The insurance disaster assessment team shall make a general assessment of the amount and types of damage suffered in an attempt to identify the overall scope of damage. (Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 510, Sec. 1. Effective September 15, 1998.)
Section 16016.
16016. The insurance disaster assessment team shall compile its findings into a report and submit the report to the commissioner as soon as practical, but not more than five days after completion of the assessment unless authorized by the commissioner. The report shall be developed, in accordance with procedures established by the commissioner. The information […]
Section 16020.
16020. The commissioner, in consultation with the Office of Emergency Services and other emergency service agencies, shall establish a method for identification of representatives of insurers. (Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 398. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.)
Section 16021.
16021. (a) In accordance with the methods established under Section 16020, the commissioner shall issue identification badges to each insurer insuring property in the state. The insurer shall be responsible for the distribution of the identification badges to appropriate insurer representatives. The identification badges shall permit access to disaster areas as soon as determined safe and […]