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NOTICE TO COLORADO APPLICANTS: It is unlawful to knowingly provide false, incomplete, or misleading facts or
information to an insurance company for the purpose of defrauding or attempting to defraud the company. Penalties may
include imprisonment, fines, denial of insurance, and civil damages. Any insurance company or agent of an insurance
company who knowingly provides false, incomplete, or misleading facts or information to a policy holder or claimant for
the purpose of defrauding or attempting to defraud the policy holder or claimant with regard to a settlement or award pay-
able from insurance proceeds shall be reported to the Colorado Division of Insurance within the Department of Regulatory
Agencies.
WARNING TO DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPLICANTS: It is a crime to provide false or misleading information to an
insurer for the purpose of defrauding the insurer or any other person. Penalties include imprisonment and/or fines. In
addition, an insurer may deny insurance benefits if false information materially related to a claim was provided by the
applicant.
NOTICE TO FLORIDA APPLICANTS: Any person who knowingly and with intent to injure, defraud, or deceive any insur-
er files a statement of claim or an application containing any false, incomplete, or misleading information is guilty of a
felony of the third degree.
NOTICE TO KANSAS APPLICANTS: Any person who, knowingly and with intent to defraud, presents, causes to be
presented or prepares with knowledge or belief that it will be presented to or by an insurer, purported insurer, broker or
any agent thereof, any written, electronic, electronic impulse, facsimile, magnetic, oral, or telephonic communication or
statement as part of, or in support of, an application for the issuance of, or the rating of an insurance policy for personal or
commercial insurance, or a claim for payment or other benefit pursuant to an insurance policy for commercial or personal
insurance which such person knows to contain materially false information concerning any fact material thereto; or con-
ceals, for the purpose of misleading, information concerning any fact material thereto, commits a fraudulent insurance act,
which is a crime and subjects such person to criminal and civil penalties.
NOTICE TO LOUISIANA APPLICANTS: Any person who knowingly presents a false or fraudulent claim for payment of a
loss or benefit or knowingly presents false information in an application for insurance is guilty of a crime and may be sub-
ject to fines and confinement in prison.
NOTICE TO MAINE APPLICANTS: It is a crime to knowingly provide false, incomplete or misleading information to an
insurance company for the purpose of defrauding the company. Penalties may include imprisonment, fines or a denial of
insurance benefits.
NOTICE TO MARYLAND APPLICANTS: Any person who knowingly or willfully presents a false or fraudulent claim for
payment of a loss or benefit or who knowingly or willfully presents false information in an application for insurance is guilty
of a crime and may be subject to fines and confinement in prison.
NOTICE TO MINNESOTA APPLICANTS: A person who files a claim with intent to defraud or helps commit a fraud
against an insurer is guilty of a crime.
NOTICE TO OHIO APPLICANTS: Any person who, with intent to defraud or knowing that he is facilitating a fraud against
an insurer, submits an application or files a claim containing a false or deceptive statement is guilty of insurance fraud.
NOTICE TO OKLAHOMA APPLICANTS: Any person who knowingly, and with intent to injure, defraud or deceive any
insurer, makes any claim for the proceeds of an insurance policy containing any false, incomplete or misleading infor-
mation is guilty of a felony.
NOTICE TO RHODE ISLAND APPLICANTS: Any person who knowingly presents a false or fraudulent claim for payment
of a loss or benefit or knowingly presents false information in an application for insurance is guilty of a crime and may be
subject to fines and confinement in prison.
FRAUD WARNING (APPLICABLE IN VERMONT, NEBRASKA AND OREGON): Any person who intentionally presents
a materially false statement in an application for insurance may be guilty of a criminal offense and subject to penalties
under state law.
FRAUD WARNING (APPLICABLE IN TENNESSEE, VIRGINIA AND WASHINGTON): It is a crime to knowingly provide
false, incomplete, or misleading information to an insurance company for the purpose of defrauding the company. Penal-
ties include imprisonment, fines, and denial of insurance benefits.