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Terms Used In Alabama Code 27-12A-1.1

  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1

The Legislature finds that the business of insurance involves many transactions that have potential for fraud, abuse, and other illegal activities. This chapter is intended to permit full utilization of the expertise of the Department of Insurance to investigate, discover, and prosecute insurance fraud and assist and receive assistance from state, local, and federal law enforcement and regulatory agencies in enforcing laws prohibiting insurance fraud.