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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-215 (2026)

Insurance fraud: Class D felony

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(a) A person is guilty of insurance fraud when the person, with the intent to injure, defraud or deceive any insurance company: (1) Presents or causes to be presented to any insurance company, any written or oral statement including computer-generated documents as part of, or in support of, any application for any policy of insurance or a claim for payment or other benefit pursuant to such policy of insurance, knowing that such statement contains any false, incomplete, or misleading information concerning any fact or thing material to such application or claim; or (2) assists, abets, solicits, or conspires with another to prepare or make any written or oral statement that is intended to be presented to any insurance company in connection with, or in support of, any application for any policy of insurance or any claim for payment or other benefit pursuant to such policy of insurance, knowing that such statement contains any false, incomplete, or misleading information concerning any fact or thing material to such application or claim for the purposes of defrauding such insurance company.

(b) For the purposes of this section, “statement” includes, but is not limited to, any notice, statement, invoice, account, estimate of property damages, bill for services, test result, or other evidence of loss, injury, or expense.

(c) For the purposes of this section, “insurance company” has the same meaning as provided in section 38a-1.

(d) Insurance fraud is a class D felony.

(P.A. 81-113; P.A. 00-211, S. 6; P.A. 17-15, S. 96.)

History: P.A. 00-211 amended Subsec. (a) to delete “providing coverage for loss or damage to real or personal property caused by fire” re insurance policies and to make a technical change for purposes of gender neutrality and amended Subsec. (c) to redefine “insurance company”; P.A. 17-15 made a technical change in Subsec. (c).

See Secs. 53-440 to 53-443, inclusive, re health insurance fraud and abuse.

Cited. 227 C. 1.

Cited. 28 CA 9; 44 CA 294. Subsec. (a)(2): In order to establish guilt under the Subsec., the state must present evidence that defendant engaged in conduct related to the making or preparing of the insurance claim, and evidence that defendant intended to defraud the insurance company when she started a fire does not reasonably support the inference that she engaged in the making or preparation of any statement provided to the insurance company. 184 CA 595.

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Cited in 15 cases (5 in the last 5 years), 1992–2024 · leading case: Fenner v. Hartford Courant Co., 822 A.2d 982 (Conn. App. Ct. 2003).
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Fenner v. Hartford Courant Co., 822 A.2d 982 (Conn. App. Ct. 2003). · cites it 17× “[The plaintiffs] refusal to provide false information on the insurance [claim] form about an alleged auto accident was protected by the important public policies of the State of Connecticut as set forth in [General Statutes § 53a-215]. This statute provides for criminal…”
State v. Griffin, 195 A.3d 723 (Conn. App. Ct. 2018). · cites it 10× “eline Griffin, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of one count each of the crimes of arson in the first degree in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-100, 53a-111 (a) (3) and 53a-8 (a) ; conspiracy to commit arson in the first degree in…”
State v. Woodson, 629 A.2d 386 (Conn. 1993). · cites it 4× “” General Statutes § 53a-215 (a)(2) provides: “A person is guilty of insurance fraud when he, with the intent to injure, defraud or deceive any insurance company .”
State v. Lago, 611 A.2d 866 (Conn. App. Ct. 1992). · cites it 7× “The defendant appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of arson in the second degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-112 (a), and insurance fraud in violation of General Statutes § 53a-215 (a) (l). 1 On appeal, the defendant raises three…”
Travelers Ins. v. Namerow, 807 A.2d 467 (Conn. 2002). · cites it 4× “See General Statutes § 53a-215. 13 Accordingly, it hardly seems an important enough consideration to warrant status as a required element in civil arson cases.”
Travelers Ins. v. Namerow, 778 A.2d 168 (Conn. 2001). · cites it 4× “See General Statutes § 53a-215. 5 Accordingly, it hardly seems an important *842 enough consideration to warrant status as a required element in civil arson cases.”
Scholz v. Epstein, 341 Conn. 1 (Conn. 2021). · cites it 2× “Moreover, this court also has applied absolute immunity to other torts that have criminal counterparts, such as fraud.”
State v. Bethea, 202 A.3d 429 (Conn. App. Ct. 2019). · cites it 2× “Because the evidence was not suppressed, we cannot conclude that the prosecutor committed a Brady violation. The judgment is affirmed.”
State v. Azevedo, 176 A.3d 1196 (Conn. App. Ct. 2017). · cites it 2× “The defendant, Amanda Azevedo, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of the following six counts: (1) arson in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-111 (a) (3) ; (2) attempt to commit insurance fraud in violation of General…”
State v. Licari, 974 A.2d 46 (Conn. App. Ct. 2009). · cites it 4× “The defendant, Randal Licari, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of arson in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-lll (a) (3), 1 larceny in the first degree in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-122 (a) *636 (2) and…”
State v. Nosik, 689 A.2d 489 (Conn. App. Ct. 1997). · cites it 3× “” At the close of the state’s evidence, the trial judge granted the defendant’s motion for judgment of acquittal with respect to count one, which charged tire defendant, in violation of General Statutes § 53a-215 (a) (1), with defrauding an insurance company by presenting…”
State v. Joseph V., 345 Conn. 516 (Conn. 2022). · cites it 2× “gly pos- sesses (1) twenty or more but fewer than fifty visual depictions of child pornography, or (2) a series of images in electronic, digital or other format, which is intended to be displayed continuously, consisting of twenty or more frames, or a film or videotape,…”
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— Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-215(a)(2) — 1 case
State v. Woodson, 629 A.2d 386 (Conn. 1993). “” General Statutes § 53a-215 (a)(2) provides: “A person is guilty of insurance fraud when he, with the intent to injure, defraud or deceive any insurance company .”
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