Arkansas Definition of Insurance Fraud
A.C.A. § 23-66-501
June 15, 2015
A person who violates § 20-463 or 20-463.01 with the intent to injure, defraud or deceive an insurer is guilty of a class 6 felony.
|4) "Fraudulent insurance act" means an act or omission committed by a person who, knowingly and with intent to defraud, deceive, conceal, or misrepresent:
(A) Presents, causes to be presented, or prepares with knowledge or belief that it will be presented to an insurer, a reinsurer, broker or its agent, or by a broker or agent, false information as part of, in support of, or concerning a fact material to one (1) or more of the following:
(i) An application for the issuance or renewal of an insurance policy or reinsurance contract;
(ii) The rating of an insurance policy or reinsurance contract;
(iii) A claim for payment or benefit pursuant to an insurance policy or reinsurance contract;
(iv) Premiums paid on an insurance policy or reinsurance contract;
(v) Payments made in accordance with the terms of an insurance policy or reinsurance contract;
(vi) A document filed with the commissioner or the chief insurance regulatory official of another jurisdiction;
(vii) The financial condition of an insurer or reinsurer;
(viii) The formation, acquisition, merger, reconsolidation, dissolution, or withdrawal from one (1) or more lines of insurance or reinsurance in all or part of this state by an insurer or reinsurer;
(ix) The issuance of written evidence of insurance; or
(x) The reinstatement of an insurance policy;
(B) Solicits or accepts new or renewal insurance risks on behalf of an insurer, reinsurer, or other person engaged in the business of insurance by a person who knows or should know that the insurer or other person responsible for the risk is insolvent at the time of the transaction;
(C) Removes, conceals, alters, or destroys the assets or records of an insurer, reinsurer, or other person engaged in the business of insurance;
(D) Embezzles, abstracts, purloins, or converts moneys, funds, premiums, credits, or other property of an insurer, reinsurer, or person engaged in the business of insurance;
(E) Transacts the business of insurance in violation of laws requiring a license, certificate of authority, or other legal authority for the transaction of the business of insurance;
(F) Attempts to commit, aids or abets the commission of, or conspires to commit the acts or omissions specified in this subsection;
(G) Issues false, fake, or counterfeit insurance policies, certificates of insurance, insurance identification cards, policy declaration pages or policy covers, or insurance binders or other temporary contracts of insurance;
(H) Possesses or possesses in order to distribute, solicit, sell, negotiate or effectuate false, fake, or counterfeit insurance policies, certificates of insurance, insurance identification cards, policy declaration pages or policy covers, or insurance binders or other temporary contracts of insurance to consumers, lienholders or loss payees, insurance agents or producers, or other persons or entities;
(I) Possesses any device, software, or printing supplies utilized to manufacture false, fake, or counterfeit insurance policies, certificates of insurance, insurance identification cards, policy declaration pages or policy covers, or insurance binders or other temporary contracts of insurance; or
(J) Falsely holds himself, herself, or itself out as a representative of an insurance company or assists another in furtherance of that misrepresentation to receive a benefit under an insurance claim, contract, or policy.
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