California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones and state Sen. Ricardo Lara on Thursday urged Californians to make confident they are meeting their obligation to carry minimum liability insurance coverage coverage on their autos and announced resources to aid educate motorists and make it easier to get affordable coverage.
Since Jan. 2 when a new law was place in location far more than 76,000 new drivers have been issued driver’s licenses beneath Assembly Bill 60, which enables these who can not prove they entered the United States legally to get driver’s licenses.
The California Department of Insurance coverage also sent a letter to insurance coverage agents and brokers licensed to sell auto insurance coverage reminding them that new drivers may need to have assist navigating and understanding the financial duty law and their obligation to carry auto insurance, and to assist watch out for scammers and schemes targeting the new population of drivers.
The subsequent step in lowering the number of uninsured drivers and creating California’s roads and highways safer is to lessen the quantity of uninsured motorists, Jones and Lara, D-Bell Gardens, mentioned.
“Driving in California is a privilege, not a correct,” Jones said in a statement. “As newly-licensed drivers hit the road, it’s essential that they do so legally, with suitable automobile insurance coverage coverage. Properly educated drivers who know and comply with California’s guidelines of the road are safer drivers and are involved in fewer collisions. This tends to make driving safer for everyone.”
Furthermore the 2 addressed Lara’s Senate Bill 1273, which passed in 2014, that made adjustments to California’s Low Cost Auto Plan that make it simpler for new licensed drivers to qualify for the affordable coverage system.
“Getting auto insurance is the law and for some who cannot afford it, we have the Low Price Auto System,” Lara mentioned. “Of the roughly 25 million vehicles on California roads, an estimated 4 million stay without having auto insurance coverage coverage due to the high charges of normal insurance premiums. Now, thanks to SB 1273, the Low Expense Auto Plan is expanded and affordable auto insurance possibilities stay accessible for several low-income Californians, which includes these who may newly qualify as a outcome of AB 60.”
CDI is supplying workshops by way of community primarily based organizations.
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