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BUSINESS, Page 59Business NotesINSURANCEA Revolt Rolls On
When California residents voted to brake the state's runaway
car-insurance rates last November, alarmed insurers sped into court
to overturn the referendum. But last week the California Supreme
Court upheld most of the measure, thus increasing the prospect that
a revolt against high auto premiums could soon spread to other
states. In a unanimous decision, the seven justices affirmed the
major provisions of Proposition 103, which slashes car premiums and
other types of property and casualty rates 20% below the level of
November 1987. Good drivers will get another 20% off.
While the ruling could force firms to give California customers
up to $4 billion in rebates and rate cuts, few checks will go out
soon. The reason: the court held that insurers may receive
exemptions from the rollbacks if they can prove that the new rates
would be too low to assure a "fair and reasonable" profit.