http://www.michiganclaimspi.com/insurance-investigator-news News and Informaiton about Insurance Claims Investigations Copyright 2008 Wed, 02 Jan 2008 10:36:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.2.2 http://www.michiganclaimspi.com/insurance-investigator-news/index.php?p=123 http://www.michiganclaimspi.com/insurance-investigator-news/index.php?p=123#comments Wed, 02 Jan 2008 10:36:34 +0000 General http://www.michiganclaimspi.com/insurance-investigator-news/index.php?p=123 By Mike Cronin TRIBUNE-REVIEW Wednesday, January 2, 2008 So Allegheny County police accuse a McKeesport couple of swindling three car insurance companies out of roughly $20,000. Who cares? Everyone should, says Ralph Burnham, executive director of the Pennsylvania Insurance Fraud Prevention Authority. "It's a crime we all pay for, because the losses incurred by insurance companies ... http://www.michiganclaimspi.com/insurance-investigator-news/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=123 http://www.michiganclaimspi.com/insurance-investigator-news/index.php?p=121 http://www.michiganclaimspi.com/insurance-investigator-news/index.php?p=121#comments Thu, 27 Dec 2007 09:09:34 +0000 General http://www.michiganclaimspi.com/insurance-investigator-news/index.php?p=121 MUNCIE -- Kenneth Allen, his sister, Vanessa Allen Hatcher, and others are accused of setting a series of house fires in a large-scale arson-for-insurance scheme. More than a dozen suspects, including private insurance adjuster Douglas Haynes, have been charged with arson or using arson to commit mail fraud. The scheme involved dozens ... http://www.michiganclaimspi.com/insurance-investigator-news/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=121 http://www.michiganclaimspi.com/insurance-investigator-news/index.php?p=120 http://www.michiganclaimspi.com/insurance-investigator-news/index.php?p=120#comments Wed, 06 Jun 2007 10:36:37 +0000 General http://www.michiganclaimspi.com/insurance-investigator-news/index.php?p=120 The executive director of the North Dakota State Workers' Compensation agency and an agency investigator were released after their first court appearances last week on felony charges involving questionable spending and possible illegal use of driver's license photos. Advertisement Tough Placement? Ask your broker for the answer from James River Insurance Company. Workforce ... http://www.michiganclaimspi.com/insurance-investigator-news/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=120 http://www.michiganclaimspi.com/insurance-investigator-news/index.php?p=119 http://www.michiganclaimspi.com/insurance-investigator-news/index.php?p=119#comments Fri, 01 Jun 2007 10:25:47 +0000 General http://www.michiganclaimspi.com/insurance-investigator-news/index.php?p=119 VISALIA California More than 60 men and women have been swept up in a five-county dragnet across the Central Valley on insurance fraud and related charges. "Today's arrests have dealt a death blow to these elaborately organized schemes. By working together, we've crippled their ability to continue their concerted rip-off of the system," ... http://www.michiganclaimspi.com/insurance-investigator-news/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=119 http://www.michiganclaimspi.com/insurance-investigator-news/index.php?p=118 http://www.michiganclaimspi.com/insurance-investigator-news/index.php?p=118#comments Thu, 31 May 2007 09:25:08 +0000 General http://www.michiganclaimspi.com/insurance-investigator-news/index.php?p=118 ALBANY -- County Judge Stephen W. Herrick this morning accused the central witness in a mammoth insurance fraud case of lying on the stand and creating a situation where the jury discredited everything he said. While Herrick said he believed Willie Cook testified ``substantially truthfully'' over the course of the ... http://www.michiganclaimspi.com/insurance-investigator-news/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=118 http://www.michiganclaimspi.com/insurance-investigator-news/index.php?p=117 http://www.michiganclaimspi.com/insurance-investigator-news/index.php?p=117#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2007 00:47:39 +0000 General http://www.michiganclaimspi.com/insurance-investigator-news/index.php?p=117 Tuesday, April 24, 2007 THE SAGINAW NEWS MIDLAND -- A Midland County chiropractor is facing fraud charges. Court authorities on Friday arraigned Frederick Knochel on six counts of insurance fraud, said State Police Trooper Dave Rivard of the Bay City Post. Post detectives and investigators for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan conducted a ... http://www.michiganclaimspi.com/insurance-investigator-news/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=117 http://www.michiganclaimspi.com/insurance-investigator-news/index.php?p=116 http://www.michiganclaimspi.com/insurance-investigator-news/index.php?p=116#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2007 10:48:51 +0000 General http://www.michiganclaimspi.com/insurance-investigator-news/index.php?p=116 The head of North Dakota's workers compensation agency and the agency's top investigator should be suspended from their jobs. That's the opinion of Governor John Hoeven after today's news that the head of what's called the Workforce Safety and Insurance agency and its top fraud investigator have been charged with felonies. Director ... http://www.michiganclaimspi.com/insurance-investigator-news/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=116 http://www.michiganclaimspi.com/insurance-investigator-news/index.php?p=115 http://www.michiganclaimspi.com/insurance-investigator-news/index.php?p=115#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2007 11:23:27 +0000 General http://www.michiganclaimspi.com/insurance-investigator-news/index.php?p=115 SAGINAW -- A judge ruled Thursday that there is enough evidence for a former mayor charged with arson and insurance fraud in the burning of her 1986 Mercedes-Benz to stand trial in the case. Wilmer Jones Ham, who serves on the City Council and as mayor pro tem, was bound over ... http://www.michiganclaimspi.com/insurance-investigator-news/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=115 http://www.michiganclaimspi.com/insurance-investigator-news/index.php?p=114 http://www.michiganclaimspi.com/insurance-investigator-news/index.php?p=114#comments Tue, 10 Apr 2007 11:23:02 +0000 General http://www.michiganclaimspi.com/insurance-investigator-news/index.php?p=114 California's insurance fraud bureau leads the nation in criminal convictions with more than a third of all convictions generated by those state agencies across the U.S., according to a study released Thursday. The Coalition Against Insurance Fraud said the study is a barometer of the nation's annual progress against insurance ... http://www.michiganclaimspi.com/insurance-investigator-news/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=114 http://www.michiganclaimspi.com/insurance-investigator-news/index.php?p=113 http://www.michiganclaimspi.com/insurance-investigator-news/index.php?p=113#comments Wed, 28 Mar 2007 09:19:23 +0000 General http://www.michiganclaimspi.com/insurance-investigator-news/index.php?p=113 March 27, 2007 - Phoenix, Ariz. - Insurance industry groups have banded together to create eight data initiatives and a central data repository to combat fraud, according to the keynote speaker at an industrywide meeting here of property/casualty claims and special investigations executives. The initiatives are designed to improve data collection, ... http://www.michiganclaimspi.com/insurance-investigator-news/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=113