District of Columbia Code
Chapter 22A - Unfair Insurance Trade Practices
§ 31–2231.08. False statements and entries

(a) No person shall knowingly file with an insurance regulatory or other public official, knowingly make, publish, disseminate, circulate, or deliver to a person, or place before the public, or knowingly cause directly or indirectly to be made, published, disseminated, circulated, delivered to a person, or placed before the public, a false material statement of fact as to the financial condition of an insurer.
(b) No person shall knowingly:
(1) Make a false entry of a material fact in a book, report, or statement of an insurer;
(2) With intent to deceive an agent of the Commissioner lawfully appointed to examine the insurer’s condition or any of its affairs, fail to make a true entry of any material fact pertaining to the business of an insurer in a book, report, or statement of the insurer; or
(3) Make a false material statement to an insurance department official.
(Apr. 3, 2001, D.C. Law 13-265, § 108, 48 DCR 1225.)

Structure District of Columbia Code

District of Columbia Code

Title 31 - Insurance and Securities

Chapter 22A - Unfair Insurance Trade Practices

§ 31–2231.01. Definitions

§ 31–2231.02. General prohibition

§ 31–2231.03. Misrepresentations and false advertising of insurance policies

§ 31–2231.04. False information and advertising generally

§ 31–2231.05. Defamation

§ 31–2231.06. Boycott, coercion, and intimidation

§ 31–2231.07. Illegal dealing in premiums; excess charges for insurance

§ 31–2231.08. False statements and entries

§ 31–2231.09. Stock operations and advisory board contracts

§ 31–2231.10. Failure to maintain marketing and performance records

§ 31–2231.11. Unfair discrimination

§ 31–2231.12. Rebates: life, health, and annuities

§ 31–2231.13. Unfair discrimination and rebates prohibited; property, casualty, and surety insurance

§ 31–2231.14. Interlocking ownerships, management

§ 31–2231.15. Unfair financial planning practices; an insurance agent or broker

§ 31–2231.16. Failure to provide claims history

§ 31–2231.17. Unfair claim settlement practices

§ 31–2231.18. Failure to maintain complaint handling procedures

§ 31–2231.19. Misrepresentation in insurance application

§ 31–2231.20. Favored agent or insurer; coercion of debtors

§ 31–2231.20a. Prohibition on offsetting short-term disability benefits

§ 31–2231.21. “Twisting” prohibited

§ 31–2231.22. Powers of the Commissioner; cease and desist orders

§ 31–2231.23. Hearings

§ 31–2231.24. Judicial review

§ 31–2231.25. Regulations