Connecticut General Statutes 38a-287 – Defrauding life or accident insurance companies
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Any person who obtains or attempts to obtain, from any life or accident insurance company of this state, any money on any policy of insurance issued by it, by falsely or fraudulently representing the insured person as dead or the person insured against accident as injured, or fraudulently obtains or attempts to obtain any money from such company upon a policy of insurance issued in the name of a fictitious person, shall, (1) if the sum so obtained or attempted to be obtained is two thousand dollars or more, be imprisoned not more than ten years, and (2) if such sum is less than two thousand dollars, be fined not more than ten thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 38a-287
- Insurance: means any agreement to pay a sum of money, provide services or any other thing of value on the happening of a particular event or contingency or to provide indemnity for loss in respect to a specified subject by specified perils in return for a consideration. See Connecticut General Statutes 38a-1
- insurance company: includes any person or combination of persons doing any kind or form of insurance business other than a fraternal benefit society, and shall include a receiver of any insurer when the context reasonably permits. See Connecticut General Statutes 38a-1
- Insured: means a person to whom or for whose benefit an insurer makes a promise in an insurance policy. See Connecticut General Statutes 38a-1
- Person: means an individual, a corporation, a partnership, a limited liability company, an association, a joint stock company, a business trust, an unincorporated organization or other legal entity. See Connecticut General Statutes 38a-1
- Policy: means any document, including attached endorsements and riders, purporting to be an enforceable contract, which memorializes in writing some or all of the terms of an insurance contract. See Connecticut General Statutes 38a-1
- State: means any state, district, or territory of the United States. See Connecticut General Statutes 38a-1