A. The legislature finds that insurance fraud is pervasive and expensive, and has the potential for increasing premium rates, placing businesses at risk, reducing the ability of consumers to raise their standard of living and decreasing the economic vitality of the state. Therefore, the legislature believes that the state must aggressively confront the problem of insurance fraud.

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Terms Used In New Mexico Statutes 59A-16C-2

  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.

B. The purpose of the Insurance Fraud Act is to permit the full utilization of the expertise of the superintendent of insurance to investigate and detect insurance fraud more effectively, to halt insurance fraud and to work with state, local and federal law enforcement and regulatory agencies against the commission of insurance fraud.