2020 Delaware Code
Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Chapter 5. Specific Offenses
Subchapter III. Offenses Involving Property
§ 913 Insurance fraud; class G felony.
(a) A person is guilty of insurance fraud when, with the intent to injure, defraud or deceive any insurer the person:
(1) Presents or causes to be presented to any insurer, any written or oral statement including computer-generated documents as part of, or in support of, a claim for payment or other benefit pursuant to an insurance policy, knowing that such statement contains false, incomplete or misleading information concerning any fact or thing material to such claim; or
(2) Assists, abets, solicits or conspires with another to prepare or make any written or oral statement that is intended to be presented to any insurer in connection with, or in support of, any claim for payment or other benefit pursuant to an insurance policy, knowing that such statement contains any false, incomplete or misleading information concerning any fact or thing material to such claim.
Insurance fraud is a class G felony.
(b) All insurance claims forms shall contain a statement that clearly states in substance the following:
“Any person who knowingly, and with intent to injure, defraud or deceive any insurer, files a statement of claim containing any false, incomplete or misleading information is guilty of a felony.”
The lack of such a statement shall not constitute a defense against prosecution under this section.
(c) For the purposes of this section, “statement” includes, but is not limited to, a police report, any notice, statement, proof of loss, bill of lading, receipt for payment, invoice, account, estimate of property damages, bill for services, diagnosis, prescription, hospital or doctor records, X rays, test result or other evidence of loss, injury or expense; “insurer” shall include, but is not limited to, a health service corporation or health maintenance organization; and “insurance policy” shall include, but is not limited to, the subscriber and members contracts of health service corporations and health maintenance organizations.
64 Del. Laws, c. 194; 67 Del. Laws, c. 130, § 8; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1;
