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Online searches for ‘ghost car insurance’ have increased by 2,130% in the last month to more than 32,000. This is based on analysis of google trends carried out by MoneySuperMarket. […]

The Financial Conduct Authority has reporting rising ghost broking instances and warned against the risks of buying car insurance through social media. Its research has revealed that half of drivers […]

Young drivers who buy fake insurance policies from ghost brokers lose an average of £2,000, according to Aviva. Its data has found that ghost brokers are increasingly targeting drivers aged […]

Drivers have been warned of a rising number of ghost brokers offering fake insurance deals at knock-down prices. Aviva identified nearly 7,000 cases last year alone of ghost brokers targeting […]

The Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department (IFED) has carried out a nationwide crackdown on ghost broking. Ghost broking is when a fraudster sells a fake motor insurance policy to a motorist […]

The Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB) has reported a 52% rise in ghost broker scams in the last two years, with young drivers the primary targets. Ghost brokers sell fake insurance policies […]

Ghost brokers are using social media to target young drivers with fake insurance policies, according to research carried out by Aviva. Its survey of 2,000 17-25 year-olds found that 30% […]

New research has found that ghost broking on the rise. Ghost broking is the sale of sale but fake car insurance, or the sale of genuine policies but with various […]

Following the release of the IFB survey conducted with YouGov into suspicious car insurance adverts on social media, Motor Insurers’ Bureau (MIB) is warning drivers of the dangers of falling […]

Insurance fraudsters from east London who were involved in an elaborate ghost broking scheme have been sentenced to 57 months’ suspended sentences and 480 hours’ unpaid work for conspiracy to […]

Smartdriverclub Insurance has seen a 14% rise in policies that have been ghost-brokered over the past year. In response, the insurance provider is using its data analytics skills to identify […]

An insurance fraudster from London has been sentenced after he took out several fraudulent motor insurance policies whilst acting as a ‘ghost broker’ and then staged or invented collisions in […]