Judge Dismisses UCL Suit For ‘Inadequate’ Auto Policy Rebates During COVID-19

Mealey's (October 14, 2022, 10:50 AM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — A driver’s putative class complaint in California federal court accusing her insurer of violating California’s unfair competition law (UCL) by providing an insufficient rebate of premiums paid on her auto policy after the March 2020 outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic was dismissed after the judge found that the insurer’s rebates can’t violate the UCL as they were “a gratuity.”...