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NICB: Contractor Fraud Costs U.S. Residents Billions Yearly

With 28 separate natural disaster events costing at least $1 billion and totaling more than $93 billion in catastrophe losses, 2023 was a historic year for billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in the U.S. That’s a big enough figure. However, …

National Crime Report Shows Vehicle Thefts Surged to More than 1 Million in 2023

It was another record-breaking year for vehicle thefts in 2023, with more than one million vehicles were reported stolen – an overall increase of 1% nationwide from 2022 to 1,020,729 last year. A report from the National Insurance Crime Bureau …

Report: Auto Theft Rates High in Western States

Vehicle thefts continue to skyrocket in many areas of the U.S., according to the latest National Insurance Crime Bureau’s (NICB) Hot Spots Report. Nationwide, 932,329 vehicles were reported stolen in 2021, a 6% increase over 2020, and a 17% increase …

NICB Releases First Report on U.S. Snowmobile Thefts Between 2015-2017

While not nearly as pervasive as vehicle thefts, snowmobile can impact public safety and basic transportation in areas of the country where snowfall renders other forms of transportation inoperable, according to the first report on the snowmobiles thefts in the …

NICB: Albuquerque Makes Headway in Lowering Auto Theft

Albuquerque, N.M., officials say they are starting to see the results of their renewed fight against vehicle theft with an estimated one-third reduction in thefts for the first nine months of the year. This follows two years in a row …

NICB: Halloween No Longer Top Holiday for Vehicle Thefts

A total of 22,770 vehicles were reported stolen on the 11 holidays in 2017, according to new data released by the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB). NICB theft data is pulled from the National Crime Information Center’s (NCIC) stolen vehicle …

Business News: NICB/Shift Technology, Pie Insurance, Willis Towers Watson

Shift Technology and NICB Partner to Offer Insurers an Edge in Detecting, Combating Fraud Shift Technology, a solution provider with a focus on enabling insurance organizations to successfully tackle the ongoing and growing claims fraud challenge, and the National Insurance …

NICB: Stolen Classic Pickup Returned to Owner After 3 Years in Mexico

The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) has been helping law enforcement recover stolen vehicles for 106 years. And over that time, NICB has documented some fairly unique recoveries. Such was the case when Bob Brown, a car collector from Arroyo …

NICB Offers Inside Look at Geospatial Intelligence Center

Last year’s late season three hurricane wallop emphasized the growing use of aerial imagery to assist in assessing hard hit areas. Jim Schweitzer, senior vice president and chief operating officer for the National Insurance Crime Bureau, spoke with Claims Journal …

NICB Releases 2017 Hot Spots Vehicle Theft Report

The Albuquerque, N.M. metropolitan statistical area (MSA) maintained its top ranking with the highest per capita auto theft rate in 2017, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau’s (NICB) latest Hot Spots report. Hot Spots examines vehicle theft data obtained …