Lesley Campbell ANYONE considering taking a spectacular fall on a loose paving stone then lodging a spurious insurance claim should now think twice. More than £3.5m a week in insurance fraud is now being detected by the industry using a raft of new measures. Revelations of fraud continue to come from the usual sources: the … UK Insurers just waiting to trip up fraudsters
Article by SAMUEL MAULL Associated Press Writer March 22, 2005, 6:01 PM EST NEW YORK — A Manhattan grand jury has indicted 15 people, including four doctors and a dentist, on charges of stealing millions of dollars from New York City Transit and numerous insurance companies through fraudulent medical billing. The indictment also named six … 15 individuals, 6 companies indicted in insurance fraud case
On March 16, investigators from the Fresno County Urban Organized Auto Insurance Fraud Task Force and officers from the Stockton Police Department arrested three california residents who are alledged to be arranging auto thefts and burns to falsify insurance claims. Read Here
Twelve BlueCross BlueShield Association insurance plans filed a civil lawsuit on Thursday against nine surgery clinics in California, as well as 21 doctors and 13 owners, employers or administrators of the clinics, alleging their involvement in “an elaborate insurance scheme” involving thousands of patients from 47 states and more than $1 billion in fraudulent insurance … 12 BCBS Plans File Suit Against California Clinics, Alleging Insurance Fraud
Florida lawmakers increased punishments for making insurance claims for fraudulent medical services in 2001, but the move has failed to curb auto insurance rates. The law has increased investigations and arrests for fraud. Legislators say that a radical revision to the insurance code may be needed in order to curb the incidence of fraud, which … Florida insurance fraud crackdown fails to lower rates
HARLESTON, S.C. – A Senate subcommittee has proposed giving the state attorney general’s office an additional $400,000 to hire six more prosecutors to fight insurance fraud. As reported by the Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — Twenty-seven citations and $186,000 in assessments were issued in the first three days of a countywide sweep of businesses suspected of operating without workers’ compensation insurance, officials said Monday. The sweep, which began last Tuesday and is scheduled to conclude Tuesday, is a joint effort between the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement … Labor Officials Pursue Businesses For Workers’ Comp Fraud
Online insurer Esurance has launched a new webpage, located at http://www.esurance.com/insurance/fightfraud.asp , to educate consumers about recognizing and preventing the problem of insurance fraud. Esurance, a subsidiary of White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd., provides personal auto insurance direct to consumers online and through select online agents.
A story of open solitication of participants for auto insurance fraud in Lawrence, MA as reported by the Boston Globe.
The New Jersey Star Ledger reports jail sentences triple in insurance fraud cases and restitution risessuring ’04. Great articvle by BY RICK HEPP Star-Ledger Staff
Zany, bogus scams don’t fool insurers. Canadian Fraud Coalition releases 2004 list These stories strange but trueCoalition Against Insurance Fraud releases 2004 list. Read here
Doctor accused of violating rules by billing millions for unnecessary wheelchairs. Read Complete Story Here