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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="4-117" title_number="4" title_name="General Requirements for Insurers" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Certificates of Authority">
  <level label="a">
    <text>At the time of payment, if the payment has been specifically authorized by the claimant’s attorney, an insurer shall provide written notice to a third party claimant of payment of $2,000 or more in settlement of a third party liability claim for bodily injury if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the claimant is an individual; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the payment is delivered to the claimant’s attorney by check, draft, or other means.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The notice required by subsection (a) of this section shall be sent by regular mail no more than 5 working days after payment is delivered under subsection (a)(2) of this section to the claimant at the last known address of the claimant.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The insurer may provide notice to the claimant by a copy of the letter of transmittal to the claimant’s attorney.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>This section may not be construed to create:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a cause of action for any person against an insurer based on the insurer’s failure to provide the notice required by this section; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a defense for any party against a cause of action based on the insurer’s failure to provide the notice required by this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
