2011 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 22 — Insurance
RS 22:1926 — Duties of companies and others

§1926. Duties of companies and others

A. Any person, company, or other legal entity including but not limited to those engaged in the business of insurance, including agents, brokers, and adjusters, which believes that a fraudulent claim is being made, shall within sixty days of the receipt of such notice, send to the section of insurance fraud, on a form prescribed by the section, the information requested and such additional information relative to the claim and the parties claiming loss or damages because of an occurrence or accident as the section may require. The section of insurance fraud shall review such reports and select such claims as, in its judgment, may require further investigation. It shall then cause an independent examination of the facts surrounding such claim to be made to determine the extent, if any, to which fraud, deceit, or intentional misrepresentation of any kind exists in the submission of the claim.

B. The section of insurance fraud shall report any alleged violations of law which its investigations disclose to the appropriate licensing agency, the insurance fraud investigation unit of the office of state police, the insurance fraud support unit of the Department of Justice, and the prosecutive authority having jurisdiction with respect to any such violation. These units shall work jointly on criminal referrals.

Acts 1992, No. 707, §2; Acts 1999, No. 1312, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2000; Acts 2001, No. 598, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 22:1245 by Acts 2008, No. 415, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.