Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department (IFED)
Married couple sentenced for fraudulent health insurance claims
A husband and wife have been jailed for a year over a £18,000 health insurance fraud which spanned more than a decade.
Aviva fraud boss to finish secondment with IFED
Vicki Mulholland finishes her secondment with the Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department this week, and has a lot to take back to Aviva.
Insurance saleswoman sentenced after £31,500 commission scam
An insurance saleswoman has been sentenced after a £31,500 commission scam in which she deliberately mis-sold large numbers of corporate health plan policies.
Grimsby businessman jailed over £114k insurance scam
A businessman has been jailed for faking and forging a number of invoices and documents as part of a £114,000 insurance fraud linked to his kitchen sales business.
Fraudster sentenced after fake invoice claims worth £300,000
A South Wales man was sentenced after attempting to use fake invoices as part of a £300,000 insurance claim.
Fraudster sentenced for using charity’s bank details to buy insurance policy
A Bolton man has been given a suspended sentence after using a charity's bank account to take out an insurance policy.
Digital: Snooping in the age of social media
The access that private and public bodies have to our personal data has been a continual point of debate in the electronic age and the current passage through the Houses of Parliament of the Investigatory Powers Bill is a case in point
Manchester ghostbroker convicted after faking over 150 policies
A ghostbroker who set up more than 150 fraudulent motor policies with Aviva has been caught in Manchester and faces almost two years in jail.
Ex-RSA claims handler gets 10 months jail following fraud conviction
An RSA claims handler admitted to illegally sharing customer details with a law firm as well as adding friends and family to genuine claims.
Ice cream van fraudster feels the heat from IFED and insurers
A man who was involved in staged accidents using an ice cream van has been convicted on fraud charges. The crash-for-cash scam would have cost insurers almost £100,000 if they paid out in full.
Factory worker convicted in copy cat fraud case
A factory worker has been convicted of fraud after he tried to replicate a previous claim three times through a 'no win, no fee' law firm, despite no longer working at the business.
Video: Oliver Little of IFED
It’s an era of big data and automated systems for insurers but in the fight against fraud, the human touch is helping catch scams and confront fraudsters
Fraudsters targeting insurance staff in ‘pubs, cafes and on social media’
Insurance employees are the latest target of criminals looking for sensitive customer data with fraudsters following staff from their workplaces and approaching them online, according to officers from the Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department.
Broking agent sentenced after netting £7200 from fake policies
An insurance agent has been handed a 12 month suspended sentence after fictitious insurance policy sales were uncovered by his employer, broker Eunisure.
Five sentenced in Birmingham over £30k crash-for-cash claim
A group of five men pleaded guilty in an insurance fraud case and were today (8 March) handed suspended sentences and ordered to pay a total of £10,800 in compensation.
Jail for insurance fraudster after failure to repay £13k
A man who failed to repay more than £13,000 following his conviction for medical insurance fraud has now been jailed.
Trade Voice: Taking fraud to task
The government’s taskforce has reported back with 26 recommendations on how to fight fraud.
Scam sees three convicted over £10k Esure claim
Three people have been sentenced in a crash for cash scam uncovered by Esure, with the Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department appealing for information to find a fourth person wanted in connection with the fraud.
Theresa May visits Ifed officers as new fraud taskforce is launched
Home Secretary Theresa May MP visited officers and staff from the Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department last week as she launched a new fraud taskforce geared towards achieving a more joined-up approach to tackling fraud.
Four Birmingham ghost brokers sentenced
Four Birmingham men have been sentenced after a ghost broker insurance scam was uncovered by Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department detectives.
Fraudsters sentenced over £38,000 Direct Line claim
Three fraudsters have been sentenced for planning a crash-for-cash scam that would have resulted in Direct Line Group paying out more than £38,000 in insurance claims.
Ifed interviews 13 suspected fraudsters in two days of intense activity
A woman who was seen bungee jumping on TV after claiming she injured her back at work was among those targeted by officers from the Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department in two days of activity aimed at suspected bogus claimants.
DCI Rogers exits Ifed after less than 12 months
Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department boss Detective Chief Inspector Angie Rogers has left the City of London Police unit after less than a year in the insurance fraud hotseat, Post can reveal.
Aviva's Mulholland named second industry Ifed secondee
Aviva's fraud investigation manager Vicki Mulholland is the second person selected to undertake a six-month secondment with the Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department.