A California state judge upheld regulations imposed last year that de-emphasized geography in the determination of auto rates.

Superior Court Judge Loren McMaster granted summary judgment to the Department of Insurance yesterday in the case of American Insurance Association v. Garamendi.

Commissioner Steve Poizner, a Republican, who took office earlier this year, praised the ruling as a "victory for California ratepayers and for the Department of Insurance."

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