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S.C. Code Ann. § 38-43-245

Fraudulent insurance application

1988 Act No. 641, SECTION 1; 2002 Act No. 323, SECTION 2, eff January 31, 2003.

A licensed insurance producer who, with the intent to injure, defraud, or deceive any insurance company or applicant for insurance:

(1) presents or causes to be presented to any insurance company an application for insurance, knowing that the application contains any false or misleading information or omissions concerning any fact or thing material to the underwriting of the insurance for which the application is submitted, or

(2) assists, abets, solicits, or conspires with another to prepare or make an application for insurance, knowing that the application contains any false or misleading information or omissions concerning any fact or thing material to the underwriting of the insurance for which the applicant is submitted, is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be punished by imprisonment for not more than five years or a fine not to exceed five thousand dollars, or both.

Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.