• ‘Blatant deception’ revealed

    • 21 September 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    A former detective and now managing director of Kent-based Claims Management and Adjusting (CMA) has revealed what he considers to be ‘one of most blatant attempted deceptions I’ve seen in all my years as a motor insurance fraud investigator’ Philip Swift said that last October Octavian Radu from Oxfordshire [...]
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  • Fraud figures down

    • 30 August 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    A crackdown on fraud is paying off with the Association of British Insurers reporting that both the number and cost of dishonest claims has reduced in the last year However, the average detected fraud still stood at a record £12,282 According to ABI figures, fraud claims fell by five per cent to 89,000 in 2021, [...]
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  • Drivers warned about fake DVLA scams

    • 21 February 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) is warning drivers to be on the look-out for scam emails and texts Scammers have been targeting motorists by impersonating the DVLA and attempting to gather personal and financial details from them The DVLA has also issued warnings over third-party websites which [...]
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  • New ‘crash for cash’ scam identified

    • 2 July 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Motorists are being warned about an aggressive new strain of the ‘crash for cash’ scam that is increasingly being used by opportunistic criminals Dubbed ‘crash for ready cash’ by investigators from anti-fraud specialists APU, the new tactic involves the criminals deliberately causing an accident and then [...]
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  • Aviva investigating 15,000 claims

    • 17 June 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    The Actuary reports that Aviva suspects organised motor insurance fraud increased by 28% between 2013 and 2014 The insurer said the value of fraud increased from £30m in 2013 to £38m in 2014, and it currently has more than 15,000 ‘suspicious claims’ under investigation Tom Gardiner, head of fraud at Aviva, [...]
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  • Van crash conman jailed

    • 15 June 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    A prolific conman who made up multiple van crashes to make more than £33,000 from fraudulent insurance claims and then went on the run to evade justice has been jailed for three years and five months Abdul Qadeer Qadri plotted diagrams of ‘accidents’ in a notebook which was uncovered by detectives from the [...]
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  • askCUE established to cut PI fraud

    • 28 April 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    In an attempt to prevent fraudulent claims entering the compensation process, representatives from claimant solicitor organisations and the insurance industry have collaborated to establish the askCUE PI (personal injury) service The service will be mandatory to use from 1 June 2015 Solicitors are being encouraged [...]
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  • Car insurance fraudster sentenced

    • 10 April 2015
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    A Liverpool man who manipulated an insurer’s website to get £10,000 worth of car insurance for just £10 has been sentenced Callum Mullen had previously been found guilty of two counts of fraud by false representation at Liverpool Crown Court, following an investigation by the City of London Police’s Insurance [...]
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  • Car insurance fraudster jailed

    • 27 March 2015
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
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    A car rental firm owner who made £65,000 selling invalid car insurance to motorists across the UK was jailed for two years at the Old Bailey yesterday Jeffrey Derek King had earlier been found guilty of acting as a ‘ghost broker’ and laundering money, following an investigation by the City of London Police’s [...]
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  • ABI publishes insurance fraud report

    • 18 March 2015
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    ABI-commissioned research published today sheds further light on the motivations of insurance fraudsters The research study, carried out by Perpetuity Research led by Professor of Criminology Martin Gill, will help insurers develop and refine their fraud prevention and detection practices and controls to further [...]
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