N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 11 § 86.4

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 45, November 2, 2024

Section 86.4 - Warning statements

(a) Except with respect to automobile insurance, all claim forms for insurance, and all applications for commercial insurance and accident and health insurance, provided to any person residing or located in this State in connection with insurance policies for issuance or issuance for delivery in this State, shall contain the following statement:

"Any person who knowingly and with intent to defraud any insurance company or other person files an application for insurance or statement of claim containing any materially false information, or conceals for the purpose of misleading, information concerning any fact material thereto, commits a fraudulent insurance act, which is a crime, and shall also be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed five thousand dollars and the stated value of the claim for each such violation."

(b) All applications and claim forms for automobile insurance provided to any person residing or located in this State in connection with insurance policies for issuance or issuance for delivery in this State shall contain the following statement:

"Any person who knowingly and with intent to defraud any insurance company or other person files an application for commercial insurance or a statement of claim for any commercial or personal insurance benefits containing any materially false information, or conceals for the purpose of misleading, information concerning any fact material thereto, and any person who, in connection with such application or claim, knowingly makes or knowingly assists, abets, solicits or conspires with another to make a false report of the theft, destruction, damage or conversion of any motor vehicle to a law enforcement agency, the department of motor vehicles or an insurance company commits a fraudulent insurance act, which is a crime, and shall also be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed five thousand dollars and the value of the subject motor vehicle or stated claim for each violation."

(c) Self-insurers may adopt one or both of the required warning statements set forth in subdivisions (a) and (b) of this section on their claim forms.

(d) Location of warning statements and type size. The warning statements required by subdivisions (a), (b) and (e) of this section shall be placed immediately above the space provided for the signature of the person executing the application or claim form and shall be printed in type which will produce a warning statement of conspicuous size. On claim forms which require execution by a person other than the claimant, or in addition to the claimant, the warning statements required by subdivisions (a), (b) and (e) of this section shall be placed at the top of the first page of the claim form or on the page containing instructions, either in print, by stamp or by attachment and shall be in type size which will produce a warning statement of conspicuous size.

(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivisions (a) and (b) of this section, insurers may use substantially similar warning statements provided such warning statements are submitted to the Insurance Frauds Bureau for prior approval.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 11 § 86.4