Immunity laws
OHIO
Title Xxxix. Insurance
Chapter 3999. Crimes Relating To Insurance
Miscellaneous Provisions
3999.31 Immunity For Persons Providing Or Receiving Information Concerning Fraudulent Acts
(B) In the absence of fraud or bad faith, no person is subject to liability for damages or any other civil liability for libel, slander, or other relevant tort cause of action by virtue of filing reports, without malice, or furnishing other information, without malice, required under Title XXXIX of the Revised Code or required by the superintendent under authority granted by that title, and no liability for damages or any other civil cause of action of any nature arises against a person for providing or receiving information relating to suspected fraudulent insurance acts that is furnished to or received from any of the following:
(1) Any law enforcement official, or any agent or employee of such official;
(2) Other persons subject to the provisions of Title XXXIX of the Revised Code;
(3) The superintendent and any designee of the superintendent, any insurance frauds bureau, the national association of insurance commissioners, or any organization established to detect and prevent fraudulent insurance acts;
(4) Any other person involved in the detection or prevention of fraudulent insurance acts.
(C) The superintendent and any designee of the superintendent, or any insurance frauds bureau, in the absence of malice, fraud, or bad faith, is not subject to civil liability for libel, slander, or other relevant tort and no civil cause of action of any nature arises against such a person by virtue of the publication of any report or bulletin related to the official activities of the superintendent or of any insurance frauds bureau in relation to fraudulent insurance acts.
(D) Nothing in this section is intended to abrogate or modify in any way any common law or statutory privilege or immunity enjoyed by any person.
(E) Nothing in this section shall be construed to negate, supersede, or otherwise affect section 3911.06, 3911.07, 3915.05, or 3923.04 of the Revised Code.
(F) This section may be cited as the conference of insurance legislators/national association of insurance commissioners model immunity act.
