Mandatory reporting requirements.

(a) Persons engaged in the business of insurance, having knowledge or a reasonable belief that insurance fraud is being, will be, or has been committed, shall provide to the department such information that is required by, and in a manner prescribed by, the department. As used in this section, persons engaged in the business of insurance refers only to those entities defined in Section 27-12A-1(5) which hold a certificate of authority from the commissioner.

(b) A person other than an insurer having knowledge or having a reasonable belief that insurance fraud is being, will be, or has been committed may provide the information to the Attorney General, the department, or both.

(Act 2012-429, p. 1170, §2.)