APPENDIX 3 INSURANCE FRAUD STATUTES
Jurisdiction | United States |
California Penal Code § 550
The crime of insurance fraud in California is based on a fairly detailed statute which provides:
§ 550.
(a) It is unlawful to do any of the following, or to aid, abet, solicit, or conspire with any person to do any of the following:
(1) Knowingly present or cause to be presented any false or fraudulent claim for the payment of a loss or injury, including payment of a loss or injury under a contract of insurance.
(2) Knowingly present multiple claims for the same loss or injury, including presentation of multiple claims to more than one insurer, with an intent to defraud.
(3) Knowingly cause or participate in a vehicular collision, or any other vehicular accident, for the purpose of presenting any false or fraudulent claim.
(4) Knowingly present a false or fraudulent claim for the payments of a loss for theft, destruction, damage, or conversion of a motor vehicle, a motor vehicle part, or contents of a motor vehicle.
(5) Knowingly prepare, make, or subscribe any writing, with the intent to present or use it, or to allow it to be presented, in support of any false or fraudulent claim.
(6) Knowingly make or cause to be made any false or fraudulent claim for payment of a health care benefit.
(7) Knowingly submit a claim for a health care benefit that was not used by, or on behalf of, the claimant.
(8) Knowingly present multiple claims for payment of the same health care benefit with an intent to defraud.
(9) Knowingly present for payment any undercharges for health care benefits on behalf of a specific claimant unless any known overcharges for health care benefits for that claimant are presented for reconciliation at that same time.
(10) For purposes of paragraphs (6) to (9), inclusive, a claim or a claim for payment of a health care benefit also means a claim or claim for payment submitted by or on the behalf of a provider of any workers' compensation health benefits under the Labor Code.
(b) It is unlawful to do, or to knowingly assist or conspire with any person to do, any of the following:
(1) Present or cause to be presented any written or oral statement as part of, or in support of or opposition to, a claim for payment or other benefit pursuant to an insurance policy, knowing that the statement contains any false or misleading information concerning any material fact.
...(2) Prepare or make any written or oral statement that is intended to be presented to any insurer
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- California Insurance Law Deskbook
- FRONT MATTER
- NOTE ON THE TEXT
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER 1 THE HISTORY OF INSURANCE
- CHAPTER 2 THE CONTRACT OF PERSONAL INDEMNITY
- CHAPTER 3 CONSTRUCTION OF INSURANCE CONTRACTS
- CHAPTER 4 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PROPERTY AND LIABILITY POLICIES
- CHAPTER 5 RESCISSION OF INSURANCE POLICIES
- CHAPTER 6 DUTIES OF THE INSURED AND THE INSURER
- CHAPTER 7 CONDITIONS, WARRANTIES, AND EXCLUSIONS
- CHAPTER 8 FORTUITY
- CHAPTER 9 TRIGGER OF COVERAGE
- CHAPTER 10 APPRAISAL
- CHAPTER 11 INDEPENDENT COUNSEL AND THE LAW OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES
- CHAPTER 12 FRAUD AND FALSE SWEARING
- CHAPTER 13 SUBROGATION
- CHAPTER 14 "OTHER INSURANCE" CLAUSES
- CHAPTER 15 MOLD AND FUNGI
- CHAPTER 16 PUNITIVE DAMAGES
- CHAPTER 17 PREEMPTION AND THE POWER TO CONTROL INSURANCE
- CHAPTER 18 FEDERAL OR STATE COURT FOR DECLARATORY RELIEF
- APPENDIX 1 THE CALIFORNIA STANDARD FIRE INSURANCE POLICY
- APPENDIX 2 DEFINITIONS
- APPENDIX 3 INSURANCE FRAUD STATUTES
- APPENDIX 4 PROPERTY PROOF OF LOSS
- APPENDIX 5 AMENDMENT TO THE CALIFORNIA INSURANCE CODE
- APPENDIX 6 FORM LETTER: ADVISING OF RIGHT TO APPRAISAL
- APPENDIX 7 FORM LETTER: RESERVATION OF RIGHTS LETTER TO INSURED—THIRD-PARTY CLAIM
- APPENDIX 8 FORM LETTER: RESERVATION OF RIGHTS LETTER B—LONG FORM
- APPENDIX 9 FULL TEXT OF GARVEY V. STATE FARM
- TABLE OF CASES
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