Immunity laws
NEW JERSEY
Title 17. Corporations And Institutions For Finance And Insurance
Subtitle 3. Insurance
Part 1a. Insurance Fraud Prevention
Chapter 33a. New Jersey Insurance Fraud Prevention Act
17:33A-9. Report of alleged violations; investigation; civil liability; records
a. Any person who believes that a violation of this act has been or is being made shall notify the division [FN1] immediately after discovery of the alleged violation of this act and shall send to the division, on a form and in a manner prescribed by the commissioner, the information requested and such additional information relative to the alleged violation as the division may require. The division shall review the reports and select those alleged violations as may require further investigation. It shall then cause an independent examination or evaluation of the facts surrounding the alleged violation to be made to determine the extent, if any, to which fraud, deceit, or intentional misrepresentation of any kind exists.
b. No person shall be subject to civil liability for libel, violation of privacy or otherwise by virtue of the filing of reports or furnishing of other information, in good faith and without malice, required by this section or required by the division as a result of the authority conferred upon it by law.
c. The commissioner may, by regulation, require insurance companies licensed to do business in this State to keep such records and other information as he deems necessary for the effective enforcement of this act.
