Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department (IFED)
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
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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.
IFED’s biggest investigation ends with guilty plea
The Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department’s biggest investigation, launched over a year ago, has concluded today with a fraudster pleading guilty to selling hundreds of non-existent car insurance policies to drivers across the UK.
Fraud prevention: Capital punishment
It has been a year since the Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department opened for business in the City of London. Is the specialist team living up to the hype?
Post magazine - 24 January 2013
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Teen 'ghost broker' sentenced to 12 months
A teenager who sold worthless vehicle insurance on Gumtree has been handed a 12-month conditional discharge at City of London Magistrates' Court.
Man jailed after using frying pan receipt for bogus travel claim
A man who submitted a receipt for a frying pan as evidence for a fraudulent £2000 travel insurance claim has been jailed today.