No claim for relief in the nature of defamation, invasion of privacy or negligency may arise against any person for disclosing personal or privileged information according to this chapter nor may such a claim for relief arise against any person for furnishing personal or privileged information according to this chapter to an insurance institution, insurance producer or insurance support organization, except that this section provides no immunity for disclosing or furnishing false information with malice or wilful intent to injure any person.

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 20-2119

  • Insurance institution: means any corporation, association, partnership, reciprocal insurer, inter-insurer, Lloyd's association, fraternal benefit society or other person engaged in the business of insurance, including health care service organizations and hospital, medical, dental and optometric service corporations as defined in this title. See Arizona Laws 20-2102
  • Insurance producer: means an insurance producer as defined in section 20-281. See Arizona Laws 20-2102
  • Insurance support organization: means :

    (a) Any person who regularly engages, in whole or in part, in the practice of assembling or collecting information about natural persons for the primary purpose of providing the information to an insurance institution or insurance producer for insurance transactions, including the furnishing of consumer reports or investigative consumer reports to an insurance institution or insurance producer for use in connection with an insurance transaction or the collection of personal information from insurance institutions, insurance producers or other insurance support organizations for the purpose of detecting or preventing fraud, material misrepresentation or material nondisclosure in connection with insurance underwriting or insurance claim activity. See Arizona Laws 20-2102

  • Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Privileged information: means any individually identifiable information that relates to a claim for insurance benefits or a civil or criminal proceeding involving an individual and that is collected in connection with or in reasonable anticipation of a claim for insurance benefits or a civil or criminal proceeding involving an individual, except that information otherwise meeting the requirements of this paragraph is considered personal information under this chapter if it is disclosed in violation of section 20-2113. See Arizona Laws 20-2102
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