California Code
PART 2 - THE BUSINESS OF INSURANCE
CHAPTER 12 - The Insurance Frauds Prevention Act

ARTICLE 1 - False and Fraudulent Claims

Section 1871. - 1871. The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) The...

Section 1871.1. - 1871.1. Insurers and their agents, while they are investigating suspected...

Section 1871.2. - 1871.2. (a) An insurer who, in connection with any insurance...

Section 1871.3. - 1871.3. (a) In the case of any claim arising from...

Section 1871.4. - 1871.4. (a) It is unlawful to do any of the...

Section 1871.5. - 1871.5. Any person convicted of workers’ compensation fraud pursuant to...

Section 1871.6. - 1871.6. The provisions of Section 781 of the Penal Code...

Section 1871.7. - 1871.7. (a) It is unlawful to knowingly employ runners, cappers,...

Section 1871.8. - 1871.8. An insurer or self-insured employer shall provide the following...

Section 1871.9. - 1871.9. The department shall post all of the following information...

Section 1871.10. - 1871.10. It is unlawful to make or cause to be...

ARTICLE 2 - Bureau of Fraudulent Claims

Section 1872. - 1872. There is created within the department the Fraud Division...

Section 1872.2. - 1872.2. For purposes of this article, “insurer” means any person...

Section 1872.3. - 1872.3. (a) If, by its own inquiries or as a...

Section 1872.4. - 1872.4. (a) Any company licensed to write insurance in this...

Section 1872.41. - 1872.41. (a) An agent or broker who, before placing an...

Section 1872.45. - 1872.45. A district attorney who files a criminal complaint pursuant...

Section 1872.5. - 1872.5. No insurer, or the employees or agents of any...

Section 1872.51. - 1872.51. (a) An agent or broker who furnishes written or...

Section 1872.6. - 1872.6. Nothing contained in this article shall: (a) Preempt the...

Section 1872.8. - 1872.8. (a) An insurer doing business in this state shall...

Section 1872.81. - 1872.81. In addition to the special purpose assessment imposed pursuant...

Section 1872.83. - 1872.83. (a) The commissioner shall ensure that the Fraud Division...

Section 1872.84. - 1872.84. The commissioner shall ensure that the Fraud Division forwards...

Section 1872.85. - 1872.85. (a) Every admitted disability insurer or other entity liable...

Section 1872.86. - 1872.86. (a) An insurer doing business in this state shall...

Section 1872.87. - 1872.87. (a) Each insurer required to pay special purpose assessments...

Section 1872.9. - 1872.9. The Fraud Division shall annually compile and report, as...

Section 1872.95. - 1872.95. (a) Within existing resources, the Medical Board of California,...

Section 1872.96. - 1872.96. The commissioner shall prepare an annual report, which shall...

ARTICLE 3 - Insurance Fraud Reporting

Section 1873. - 1873. (a) Upon written request to an insurer by officers...

Section 1873.1. - 1873.1. Any information acquired pursuant to this article shall not...

Section 1873.2. - 1873.2. In the absence of fraud or malice, no insurer,...

Section 1873.3. - 1873.3. (a) For purposes of this article and Article 2...

Section 1873.4. - 1873.4. Any or all information released or received by an...

ARTICLE 4 - Motor Vehicle Theft and Motor Vehicle Insurance Fraud Reporting

Section 1874. - 1874. This article shall be known and may be cited...

Section 1874.1. - 1874.1. The following definitions govern the construction of this article,...

Section 1874.2. - 1874.2. (a) Upon written request to an insurer by an...

Section 1874.3. - 1874.3. (a) Any information acquired pursuant to this article shall...

Section 1874.4. - 1874.4. In the absence of fraud or malice, no insurer,...

Section 1874.6. - 1874.6. Every insurer shall report covered private passenger automobiles involved...

Section 1874.8. - 1874.8. (a) Each insurer doing business in this state shall...

ARTICLE 4.5 - Insurer Inspections

Section 1874.85. - 1874.85. An insurer that issues automobile liability or collision policies...

Section 1874.86. - 1874.86. Each insurer subject to this article shall report, at...

Section 1874.87. - 1874.87. (a) Each insurer subject to this article shall provide...

ARTICLE 4.6 - Auto Insurance Fraud Crisis Areas

Section 1874.90. - 1874.90. The commissioner may declare any region of the state...

ARTICLE 5 - Arson Investigations

Section 1875. - 1875. As used in this chapter: (a) “Authorized agency” means...

Section 1875.1. - 1875.1. An authorized agency may, when there is evidence or...

Section 1875.2. - 1875.2. If any insurer has reason to suspect that a...

Section 1875.3. - 1875.3. An authorized agency shall notify the insurer, if known,...

Section 1875.4. - 1875.4. In the absence of fraud or malice, no insurer...

Section 1875.5. - 1875.5. In any case in which an insurer willfully fails...

Section 1875.6. - 1875.6. Any authorized agency that receives any information furnished as...

Section 1875.8. - 1875.8. (a) There is hereby created the Arson Information Reporting...

ARTICLE 5.5 - Insurance Claims Analysis Bureaus

Section 1875.10. - 1875.10. The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) That...

Section 1875.11. - 1875.11. (a) No insurance claims analysis bureau shall conduct any...

Section 1875.12. - 1875.12. (a) The commissioner may license an organization as an...

Section 1875.13. - 1875.13. The commissioner shall license an insurance claims analysis bureau...

Section 1875.14. - 1875.14. An insurance claims analysis bureau shall perform the following...

Section 1875.15. - 1875.15. (a) A licensed insurance claims analysis bureau shall develop...

Section 1875.16. - 1875.16. Unless otherwise provided by law, any authorized entity which...

Section 1875.17. - 1875.17. On or before May 1, 1992, and on or...

Section 1875.18. - 1875.18. (a) Every bodily injury, medical payment, or uninsured motorist...

ARTICLE 5.6 - Insurer Fraud Investigation

Section 1875.20. - 1875.20. Every insurer admitted to do business in this state,...

Section 1875.21. - 1875.21. Insurers may maintain the unit or division required by...

Section 1875.22. - 1875.22. Insurers shall establish the unit or division required by...

Section 1875.23. - 1875.23. For purposes of this article, “unit or division” may...

Section 1875.24. - 1875.24. (a) If after examination, or upon the basis of...

ARTICLE 6 - Deposit of Automobile Insurance Claims Information

Section 1876. - 1876. Every insurer who receives a bodily injury, medical payment,...

Section 1876.3. - 1876.3. Any information acquired pursuant to this article shall not...

Section 1876.4. - 1876.4. No insurer, or the employees or agents of any...

Section 1876.5. - 1876.5. As used in this article, “authorized governmental agency” and...

ARTICLE 7 - Workers Compensation Insurance Fraud Reporting

Section 1877. - 1877. This article shall be known and may be cited...

Section 1877.1. - 1877.1. The following definitions govern the construction of this article,...

Section 1877.2. - 1877.2. For the purposes of this article, “authorized governmental agency”...

Section 1877.3. - 1877.3. (a) Upon written request to an insurer or a...

Section 1877.35. - 1877.35. (a) The Public Employees’ Retirement System may request information...

Section 1877.4. - 1877.4. (a) Any information acquired pursuant to this article shall...

Section 1877.5. - 1877.5. No insurer, agent authorized by an insurer to act...

ARTICLE 8 - Insurance Fraud Prevention

Section 1879. - 1879. The purpose of this article is to confront aggressively...

Section 1879.1. - 1879.1. (a) The commissioner or their designated deputy commissioner may...

Section 1879.3. - 1879.3. The commissioner shall appoint supervisory and investigatory personnel within...

Section 1879.4. - 1879.4. (a) The Chief of the Fraud Division and those...

Section 1879.5. - 1879.5. (a) Any person who believes that a violation of...

Section 1879.6. - 1879.6. The commissioner may adopt administrative regulations as he or...

Section 1879.7. - 1879.7. The commissioner shall report annually to the Legislature as...

Section 1879.8. - 1879.8. Nothing in this article shall be construed to preclude...