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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="27-406" title_number="27" title_name="Unfair Trade Practices and Other Prohibited Practices" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Fraudulent Insurance Acts">
  <text>It is a fraudulent insurance act for a person:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>knowingly or willfully to make a false or fraudulent statement or representation in or with reference to an application for insurance;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>to place insurance with an unauthorized insurer not regulated by the Commissioner and refuse to obey an order of the Commissioner to produce for examination all policies and other documents that evidence the insurance and the amount of premiums paid or agreed to be paid for the insurance;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="3">
    <text>if a certificate of authority is required, to operate an insurer or conduct an insurance business without obtaining a certificate of authority issued by the Commissioner;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="4">
    <text>to make a false sworn statement that the person does not believe to be true about matter material to an examination, investigation, or hearing conducted by the Commissioner; or</text>
  </level>
  <level label="5">
    <text>with intent to deceive, knowingly to exhibit a false account, document, or advertisement about the affairs of an insurer.</text>
  </level>
</section>
