4581 Insurance Code section 1871.7, which subjects to civil penalties and equitable relief anyone who violates certain Penal Code sections that prohibit making false and fraudulent claims in insurance claims, is meant for the protection of insurers against fraud and cannot be used to support a fraud action against insurers.CitationSTATE exrel METZ v FARMERS (Third Strike) 156 CA4 1063 [See: InsC 1871.7; State exrel Nee v Unumprovident 140 CA4 442, T/AT 7/06; State exrel Metz v CCC 149 CA4 402, T/AT 5/07]
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