Holocaust Victim Insurance Relief Act of 1999

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The Holocaust Victim Insurance Relief Act of 1999 was a California law intended to compel insurance companies to disclose information and facilitate recovery of unpaid insurance claims owed to Holocaust survivors and their heirs.


Statements (30)
Predicate Object
instanceOf California state law
statute
aimsToAddress failure to pay insurance benefits to Holocaust victims and their heirs
appliesTo insurance companies
insurers doing business in California
beneficiary Holocaust survivors
heirs of Holocaust victims
country United States of America
designedTo assist claimants in identifying unpaid policies
increase transparency of insurers regarding Holocaust-era policies
historicalContext late 20th century Holocaust compensation debates
post-Holocaust restitution efforts
jurisdiction State of California
legalArea human rights law
insurance law
restitution for Holocaust victims
legislativeBody California State Legislature
location California
purpose to compel insurance companies to disclose information about insurance policies issued to Holocaust victims
to facilitate recovery of unpaid insurance claims owed to Holocaust survivors and their heirs
relatedTo Holocaust survivor compensation
Holocaust-era asset restitution
requires disclosure of information about certain insurance policies
insurers to provide data that could identify unpaid Holocaust-era policies
subject Holocaust-era insurance policies
unpaid Holocaust victim insurance claims
targets unpaid life insurance policies of Holocaust victims
temporalContext World War II era
timePeriodNamedInTitle 1999
yearEnacted 1999

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
American Insurance Assn. v. Garamendi
relatedStatuteOrAct
American Insurance Assn. v. Garamendi ("California Holocaust Victim Insurance Relief Act (HVIRA)")
stateLawAtIssue

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