California Insurance Code 1879 – The purpose of this article is to confront aggressively the problem …
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The purpose of this article is to confront aggressively the problem of insurance fraud in this state by facilitating the detection of insurance fraud, eliminating the occurrence of fraud through the development of fraud prevention programs, requiring the restitution of fraudulently obtained insurance benefits, and reducing the amount of premium dollars used to pay fraudulent claims.
(Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1008, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1995.)
Terms Used In California Insurance Code 1879
- Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
- Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
- State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Insurance Code 28