Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department (IFED)
Suspended jail time for LV’s Land Rover fraudster
A Solihull man who fraudulently reported his 20-year-old Land Rover stolen and tried to claim £20 000 from LV has been given a suspended jail term.
Vet jailed for £200k fraud
A veterinary surgeon who tried to claim almost £200 000 from three insurers for non-existent pets has been jailed for two years.
Three men plead guilty to ‘crash for cash’ £150k fraud
Three friends from Liverpool have admitted deliberately causing a crash between a coach and a car on a Manchester motorway in a bid to make a fraudulent claim for personal injuries.
Woman pleads guilty to 12 counts of fraud totalling £50k
A woman who submitted 12 identical claims to 11 insurers for cash, electronic and designer items in an attempt to gain £50 000 from bogus insurance claims has pleaded guilty.
Claims handler jailed for £39 000 fraud
A Welsh insurance claims handler was jailed for 17 months on Friday 2 August 2013 after stealing £39 000 from his employer to settle pay-day loans and drug debts.
Fraud costs the industry £1.1bn a year
Fraudulent insurance claims uncovered by insurers have topped £1.1bn a year as the industry’s clampdown on insurance cheats intensifies, according to a figures by the Association of British Insurers.
Ghost broking battle gains impetus as Gumtree closes insurance platform
Brokers welcome the decision to dispense with the category
In Series: Claims: A step ahead
The industry must work together in the fight against insurance fraud.
Engineer jailed for fraudulent claim
An engineer who tried to claim £900 000 from RSA after suffering an accident at work has been jailed for eight months after pleading guilty to committing fraud.
Insurance claim handler sentenced for fraud
An insurance claims handler who conned almost £7000 from her employer to fund shopping trips has been sentenced.
Insure the Box hackers sentenced after Ifed investigation
Two men who hacked into Insure the Box’s payment systems and secured £187 000 worth of car insurance for just £30 have been sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court.
Allianz investigates possible employers’ liability fraud rings
Insurers must do more to clamp down on fraudulent employers’ liability claims before organised fraudsters take the “next logical step” into the EL sector, according to Allianz fraud manager Mihir Pandya.
Leader: Fraud: insurers’ enduring foe
The insurance industry is learning it needs to evolve and adapt to survive and, to be fair, in the past five years it has increased its use of technology, reintroduced telematics and developed apps for mobile devices.
Ifed jails Direct Line’s staged accident fraudsters
Two men who attempted to claim £25 000 out of Direct Line after staging car crashes and sending repair bills from their own car workshops have been sent to prison.
Covéa uncovers Dudley driver's false claim
An Audi driver from Dudley who made a four-figure insurance claim for a fictitious crash has been ordered to undertake 120 hours unpaid work.
Post magazine – 25 April 2013
The latest edition of Post magazine is now available to subscribers as a digital and interactive e-book.
Ifed raid: Joining up with the front line
When it comes to the industry-funded Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department, market attention normally focuses on the severity of the sentences handed down to ghost brokers and crash-for-cash fraudsters. Callum Brodie joined the Ifed team for an early…
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny donned her flak jacket and tucked her pepper spray into her handbag before joining a team of IFED police officers on a dawn raid in East London last week.
Uninsured driver sentenced after motorist she crashes with refuses to lie to insurers
A woman who asked the motorist she had crashed into to lie on her behalf so she could cover up that she was driving without insurance was sentenced last Friday with a two year conditional discharge for fraud by false representation.
Zurich disappointed with fraudster sentence
Having successfully defended a criminal case against crash for cash fraudster Mark Smith, Zurich has said it is disappointed that the fraudster did not receive a custodial sentence.
Zurich wins crash-for-cash conviction
The driver of a Porsche who has admitted deliberately causing a crash with a council van has secured the City of London Police's Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department its first crash-for-cash conviction.
Woman who forged doctor's signature for travel insurance sentenced
A woman who repeatedly forged her doctor’s signature to make multiple insurance claims has been handed a suspended jail term.
Crash for cash fraudsters jailed over fatal collision
Three men who orchestrated a crash for cash scheme that led to the death of an innocent motorist have been jailed.
Fraudster who claimed manhole fall sentenced
A fraudster who claimed he had fallen down a manhole has been hit with a suspended prison sentence as well as unpaid work and £85 of costs.