Examinations under oath (EUO) help insurers combat fraud and should be allowed without requiring time-consuming court orders in Kentucky, the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud and National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) said in a joint amicus brief filed last week with …
Connecticut Man Admits to Role in Staging Car Crashes A Connecticut man who authorities say conspired to stage about 50 car crashes in an insurance scheme has pleaded guilty to a federal charge. Carlins Calixte of Norwich entered the plea …
Allowing medical providers to hide false claims amid treatment for crash injuries will encourage scams and could discourage insurers from writing business in Texas, the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud said in an amicus brief filed this week with the state …
Blown up houses, staged wrecks and bogus spine surgeries were among the damage inflicted by nine convicted scammers newly selected to the Insurance Fraud Hall of Shame. They were enshrined by the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud. The Hall of Shame …
Insurer use of anti-fraud technology is rising, more insurers see a positive ROI and they increasingly rely on technology to counter emerging threats such as underwriting scams, money-laundering and cyberfraud. Yet advanced tools such as predictive analysis and geo-mapping are …
Colorado’s state legislature has passed a bill to strengthen its insurance fraud law, announced the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud. Scammers with prior fraud convictions will face stiffer felony penalties, and agents and brokers also could lose their licenses if convicted. …
The first-ever study to benchmark insurer SIU metrics will be launched this fall in a joint project of the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud and the Ward Group. The study will help close a large information gap by statistically profiling industry-wide …
A key provision of the 2012 no-fault reform law in Florida shouldn’t take effect until a higher court decides if it’s constitutional, a state judge ruled this week. The Coalition Against Insurance Fraud expressed disappointment over the ruling, which limits …
A torched office building injures seven firefighters; a nose doctor buys a yacht with insurance money from damaging and worthless surgeries; cohorts cut off a mentally disabled man’s hand for an insurance payout. These are among the extreme schemers elected …
A new anti-fraud partnership uniting the public and private insurers creates a strong force multiplier and national strategy to increase upward pressure on fraud rings and downward pressure on medical premiums, the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud said. “A dawning era …