§ 40:1424 — Reporting suspected fraud

§1424. Reporting suspected fraud
A. If any person or any insurer, any employee thereof, or any insurance professional
has knowledge of or has reason to believe that a violation of R.S. 22:1923, 1924, or 1925
will be, is being, or has been committed, that person shall notify the section of insurance
fraud in the Department of Insurance, in accordance with R.S. 22:1926.
B. All applications for insurance and all claim forms provided and required by an
insurer or required by law as a condition of payment of a claim shall contain a statement,
permanently affixed to or included as a part of the application or claim form, that clearly
states in substance the following:
"Any person who knowingly presents a false or fraudulent claim for payment
of a loss or benefit or knowingly presents false information in an application
for insurance is guilty of a crime and may be subject to fines and confinement
in prison."
C. The lack of the statement required by Subsection B of this Section shall not
constitute a defense in any criminal prosecution. The statement shall not be required to
appear on applications and forms relating to reinsurance.

Legislative History

Acts 1999, No. 1312, §4, eff. Jan. 1, 2000; Acts 2001, No. 598, §2; Acts 2008, No. 415, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.