                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PRETEXT INTERVIEWS (§ 38.2-603)

No insurance institution, agent, or insurance-support organization shall use or
authorize the use of pretext interviews to obtain information in connection with
an insurance transaction. However, a pretext interview may be undertaken to
obtain information from a person or institution that does not have a generally
or statutorily recognized privileged relationship with the person about whom the
information relates for the purpose of investigating a claim where, based upon
specific information available for review by the Commission, there is a
reasonable basis for suspecting criminal activity, fraud, material
misrepresentation, or material nondisclosure in connection with the claim.

HISTORY: 1981, c. 389, § 38.1-57.6; 1986, c. 562.