Morrish (SB 247) Act No. 116
Prior law defined "fraudulent insurance acts" to include various acts or omissions committed
by a person with intent to defraud an insurance company. New law retains prior law and adds
the following acts to those constituting insurance fraud:
(1)Impersonating an insurance company, or a representative of an insurance company,
without the authorization or consent of the insurance company for the purpose of
executing a scheme or artifice to defraud a person.
(2) Impersonating another person or entity, whether real or fictitious, and purporting to
have the authority to direct healthcare treatment for the purpose of executing a
scheme or artifice to defraud a person as fraudulent acts.
(3) Receiving money or any other thing of value from any person, firm, or entity as a
means of compensation for the acts of solicitation or criminal conspiracy done for the
purpose of executing a scheme or artifice to defraud a person.
Effective August 1, 2014.
(Adds R.S. 22:1923(2)(k), (l), and (m))