California Insurance Code ARTICLE 1 - False and Fraudulent Claims

• Section 1871.
  The Legislature finds and declares as follows:(a) The business of insurance involves many transactions that have the potential for abuse and illegal activities. There are numerous...
• Section 1871.1.
  Insurers and their agents, while they are investigating suspected fraud claims, shall have access to all relevant public records that are required to be open...
• Section 1871.2.
  (a) Any insurer who, in connection with any insurance contract or provision of contract described in Section 108, prints, reproduces, or furnishes a form to any...
• Section 1871.3.
  (a) In the case of any claim arising from the theft of an insured vehicle, prior to the settlement of the claim, the insurer shall secure...
• Section 1871.4.
  (a) It is unlawful to do any of the following:(1) Make or cause to be made a knowingly false or fraudulent material statement or material representation for...
• Section 1871.5.
  Any person convicted of workers’ compensation fraud pursuant to Section 1871.4 or Section 550 of the Penal Code shall be ineligible to receive or retain...
• Section 1871.6.
  The provisions of Section 781 of the Penal Code are applicable to any prosecutions for violations of Section 1871.4. This section is declaratory of existing...
• Section 1871.7.
  (a) It is unlawful to knowingly employ runners, cappers, steerers, or other persons to procure clients or patients to perform or obtain services or benefits pursuant...
• Section 1871.8.
  An insurer or self-insured employer shall provide the following notice, in both English and Spanish, to an injured worker on or with a check for...
• Section 1871.9.
  The department shall post all of the following information on its Internet Web site for each person, as defined in Section 19, convicted of a...

Last modified: October 22, 2018