plpgsql: Checking status on a 'INSERT INTO ...'

I'm porting some stored procedures from a MSSQL server, and thought
I'd use PL/pgSQL.

The original code is checking the insert with the line:
       if (@@Error != 0)

How do I do the same thing in PL/pgSQL?

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