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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
As used in this part 10, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) “Authorized agency” means:
(a) A fire department;
(b) The Colorado bureau of investigation, the office of the attorney general, and any other law enforcement agency authorized or charged with the investigation of crimes;
(c) Any district attorney or county attorney and their representatives; and
(d) Any professional licensing board or regulatory agency, including, without limitation, the division of insurance.
(1.5) “Fraudulent insurance act” has the meaning set forth in section 10-1-128 or means the commission of insurance fraud pursuant to section 18-5-211, C.R.S.
(2) “Insurer” means any insurer and any person licensed or regulated under this title and Pinnacol Assurance.
(3) “Notice” or “notify” means the notification in writing to an authorized agency by an insurer.
(4) “Person” means every natural person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation.
(5) “Relevant” means information having any tendency to make the existence of any fact that is of consequence to the investigation or determination of the issue more probable or less probable than it would be without the evidence.
(6) “Secondary agency” means any for-profit or nonprofit organization funded directly or indirectly by insurers that engages in the gathering and dissemination of information concerning insurance fraud and that has an established process in place to affirmatively forward information to an authorized agency for further investigation and prosecution. The commissioner, by rule, shall designate which organizations are secondary agencies.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Colorado Revised Statutes Title 10. Insurance § 10-4-1002. Definitions - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/co/title-10-insurance/co-rev-st-sect-10-4-1002/
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