Effective Jan 1, 2002Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 328, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2002.
(a) With regard to Medicare supplement policies, all insurers, brokers, agents, and others engaged in the business of insurance owe a policyholder or a prospective policyholder a duty of honesty, and a duty of good faith and fair dealing.
(b) Conduct of an insurer, broker, or agent during the offer and sale of a Medicare supplement policy previous to the purchase is relevant to any action alleging a breach of the duty of honesty, and a duty of good faith and fair dealing set forth in subdivision (a).