Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department (IFED)
Commercial Lines Fraud: Commercial stumbling block
With the fight against fraud in personal lines being increasingly successful, fraudsters are beginning to target the financially viable commercial sector
Insurance fraudsters given community orders
A married couple have been given community orders and a legal curfew after pleading guilty to two counts of false representation in an attempt to con insurers RSA and Legal and General.
Video: Ifed head DCI Angie Rogers
Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department boss Detective Chief Inspector Angie Rogers tells Post news editor Callum Brodie about her vision of the fraud landscape and why prevention is better than cure.
Q&A: Ifed head DCI Angie Rogers
In her first interview since becoming head of the City of London Police's Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department, Detective Chief Inspector Angie Rogers unveils her agenda for the fight against insurance fraud.
Ifed boss DCI Rogers promises equal treatment in fight against fraud
Detective Chief Inspector Angie Rogers has vowed to work with members of the insurance industry on preventative measures to tackle escalating fraud having taken over the reins of the Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department.
MP Evans to quiz local police bosses on insurance fraud resource
The chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Insurance and Financial Services has vowed to write to the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners to get a handle on the resource available to combat insurance fraud.
Criminal avoids return to jail for fraudulent forklift claim
A 36-year-old Bradford man has been sentenced to eight months suspended for a year and ordered to work 200 hours unpaid after attempting to con RSA out of £10,000.
Ex-Ifed boss Wood to lead Hastings Direct fraud investigation team
Former Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department head DCI Dave Wood has been hired to lead a specialist investigation team within Hastings Direct’s counter fraud division.
Six from Keighley charged over crash-for-cash fraud
Six people from Keighley are to appear in court this week after being charged over an alleged conspiracy to commit insurance fraud over a three-year period.
Ifed welcomes DCI Angie Rogers to anti-fraud hotseat
The Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department has confirmed the appointment of Detective Chief Inspector Angie Rogers as DCI Dave Wood’s successor as head of the City of London Police unit.
Fraudster sentenced after faking burglary to make £30k claim
A fraudster who staged a burglary in order to claim nearly £30,000 on his home insurance has been handed a 10 months suspended sentence and been ordered to do 270 hours of unpaid work.
Ifed boss DCI Wood makes way for new insurance fraud supremo
DCI Dave Wood has been replaced as the head of the Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department after almost three and a half years in the role.
Ifed investigation into fraudster unearths cannabis factory
An electrician who conned Zurich out of £15,000 by repeatedly reporting his work power tools had been stolen has been jailed after police officers investigating the fraud found a cannabis factory at his premises.
Blog: Tackling insurance fraudsters, one piece of shared information at a time
Insurance fraud is often painted as a victimless crime - but as anyone in the industry can tell you, it most certainly isn't.
Suspected insurance fraudsters dealt with by Ifed tops 1000
The number of suspected insurance fraudsters dealt with by the Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department topped 1000 this week after detectives arrested four men in Wales.
Blog: The rise and fall of outrageous travel fraud
Simon Cook, head of special investigations for claims and assistance group CEGA, talks tummy tucks, liposuction and the lengths to which fraudsters will go to make money from a bogus travel insurance claim....
Bradford man who staged accidents receives suspended sentence
A fraudster who deliberately slipped on a wet bakery bag in a Lidl supermarket so he could make a bogus personal injury claim to AIG worth £10,000 has received a suspended prison sentence.
Ex-soldier and wife jailed for falsely claiming son was blinded
A husband and wife who conned AIG out of £70,000 by claiming a bicycle accident left their young son blind in one eye have both been sentenced to 12 months in prison for fraud.
Nine arrested in £450k Ifed household claims investigation
The Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department has swooped to arrest nine men and women across England as part of an investigation into £450,000 worth of household insurance claims.
ABI dismisses CHO claim to MPs that Ifed acts as ‘private police force’
CHO concerned crimes that impact on society are not being tackled
CHO lobbying MPs on concerns Ifed acts as ABI's 'private police force'
The Credit Hire Organisation has contacted members of parliament over its allegation the Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department will only accept cases referred to it by the Association of British Insurers.
Court orders for £48,975 to be confiscated from Yorkshire ghost broker
The Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department has today had £48,975 confiscated from a ghost broker jailed in July for selling invalid car insurance to more than 100 motorists in the Bradford and Leeds areas of Yorkshire.
Bus crash fraudsters sentenced in £500,000 QBE claim attempt
Two crash-for-cash fraudsters that "meticulously planned" an attempt to claim £500,000 from QBE were sentenced today in the Manchester Crown Court.
Experts reveal ‘significant’ links between insurance fraud and terrorism
Met commissioner says one-third of counter-terrorism policing is fraud-related