West Virginia Code 33-41-9 – Other law-enforcement or regulatory authority
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Terms Used In West Virginia Code 33-41-9
- Commissioner: means the Insurance Commissioner of West Virginia or his or her designee. See West Virginia Code 33-41-2
- Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
- Insurance: means a contract or arrangement in which a person undertakes to:
(1) Pay or indemnify another person as to loss from certain contingencies called "risks" including through reinsurance. See West Virginia Code 33-41-2
- Person: means an individual, a corporation, a limited liability company, a partnership, an association, a joint stock company, a trust, trustees, an unincorporated organization, or any similar business entity, or any combination of the foregoing. See West Virginia Code 33-41-2
- Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
- State: when applied to a part of the United States and not restricted by the context, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" also include the said district and territories. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
- Unit: means the insurance fraud unit established pursuant to the provisions of this article acting collectively or by its duly authorized representatives. See West Virginia Code 33-41-2
(1) Preempt the authority or relieve the duty of other law-enforcement or regulatory agencies to investigate, examine and prosecute suspected violations of law;
(2) Prevent or prohibit a person from disclosing voluntarily information concerning insurance fraud to a law-enforcement or regulatory agency other than the insurance fraud unit; or
(3) Limit the powers granted elsewhere by the laws of this state to the commissioner or his or her agents to investigate and examine possible violations of law and to take appropriate action against violators of law.