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Connecticut General Statutes Title 38A. Insurance § 38a-356. Disclosure of information by insurance company re motor vehicle losses or fraudulent claims.  Insurance company reports to commissioner.  Immunity from liability.  Confidentiality

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(a) Any authorized employee of the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, Department of Motor Vehicles or a local police department may in writing request any insurance company to release to such employee information relative to any investigation it has made concerning a motor vehicle's loss or potential loss or any information relating to fraud or potential fraud in any claim under a motor vehicle insurance policy.  Any insurance company, on its own initiative, may provide and disclose information relating to fraud or potential fraud to such authorized persons.  Such information shall include, but not be limited to:  (1) An insurance policy relative to such loss, (2) policy premium records, (3) history of previous claims, and (4) other relevant material relating to such loss or potential loss or to such fraud or potential fraud.

(b) Any insurance company so requested shall furnish such information to any such employee and shall permit the Insurance Commissioner or the commissioner's designee and any person ordered by a court to inspect its records pertaining to the policy and loss.  Any insurance company may request any such employee to release information relative to any departmental investigation concerning the loss.  Any information obtained relative to fraud or potential fraud may be disclosed to any central reporting bureau and any law enforcement agency.

(c) On or before March thirty-first of each year, each insurance company shall provide the Insurance Commissioner annual reports detailing all information received or investigations conducted by such company during the past year concerning insurance fraud in any claim under a motor vehicle insurance policy.  Such reports shall be filed in a manner prescribed by the commissioner.

(d) In the absence of fraud, malice or criminal act, no insurance company, authorized employee or person who furnished information on behalf of such company or department, shall be liable for damages in a civil action or subject to criminal prosecution for any oral or written statement made pursuant to the provisions of this section.

(e) Information furnished pursuant to this section shall be held in confidence until its release is required pursuant to a criminal or civil proceeding.

Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Connecticut General Statutes Title 38A. Insurance § 38a-356. Disclosure of information by insurance company re motor vehicle losses or fraudulent claims.  Insurance company reports to commissioner.  Immunity from liability.  Confidentiality - last updated June 28, 2021 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ct/title-38a-insurance/ct-gen-st-sect-38a-356/


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