Insurance fraud: release of information: other unlawful activity.

Existing law requires an insurer, or agent authorized by that insurer to act on behalf of the insurer, upon written request, to release to a requesting officer of an authorized governmental agency, as defined, any or all relevant information deemed important to the authorized governmental agency that the insurer may possess relating to any specific insurance fraud. Existing law provides that no insurer may be subject to civil liability by virtue of providing information pursuant to these provisions. This bill would also require the insurer, or agent authorized by that insurer to act on behalf of the insurer, to release to the authorized governmental agency any or all relevant information deemed important to the authorized governmental agency that the insurer may possess relating to any other unlawful activity by the insured or claimant uncovered in the course of an insurance fraud investigation, including, but not limited to, information about an unlawful activity by the insured or claimant not related to insurance fraud. The bill would provide that no insurer, or agent authorized by that insurer, would be subject to civil liability by virtue of providing information about an unlawful activity not related to insurance fraud that is uncovered when investigating an allegation of insurance fraud.