Fraud
This Week in Post: Winter wine and Amazon advances
This week I attended a briefing on hostage negotiation skills organised by an underwriting association and a wine tasting hosted by a rehabilitation provider.
Industry working group to tackle fraud with behavioural science
An insurance industry working group will begin to explore how behavioural science can be used to tackle insurance fraud.
Underwriter sentenced for scamming insurers
A former underwriter has been sentenced to 15 months in prison suspended for two years after pleading guilty to numerous false insurance claims.
Insurers must harmonise claims and underwriting to tackle fraud
Insurers must de-silo their underwriting and claims departments if they are to effectively tackle fraud, an audience heard.
Insurers have 'responsibility to stakeholders' to employ fraud tackling tech
Insurers have a responsibility to their stakeholders to employ technology in the fight against fraud, an audience heard.
Motor fraudsters moving over to holiday illness claims, IFB confirms
Fraudsters operating in the motor space are moving across to fraudulent gastric illness claims abroad, an audience heard.
Blog: LV's Sue Jones on her fraud-fighting career
Sue Jones, head of GI fraud strategy at LV, explains how fraud became an industry focus.
Social engineering causing nine times more data breaches in 2017
Insurance customers reported nine times more cases of social engineering as the major causes of data breaches in 2017 than in the previous year.
Blog: How insurers can harness digital labour
Adam Woodhouse, director of the CIO Advisory at KPMG, explains how the insurance industry can speed up its march towards digital labour.
Watchstone files defence in £637m S&G fraud lawsuit
Watchstone has filed its defence in the £637m lawsuit launched by Slater & Gordon in June.
Fraud focus – Message from the editor
The Association of British Insurers’ figures show that the UK insurance sector prevented 125,000 fraudulent claims in 2016, worth to the tune of £1.3bn.
The Insurance Fraud Forum 2017
The ABI's figures show that the insurance sector prevented 125,000 fraudulent claims in 2016, to the tune of £1.3bn. However, despite huge progress, the hard work does not and cannot stop here.
'Foolish' insurance cheat caught out after TV bungee jump
A reality TV show contestant has been handed a 10-month custodial sentence suspended for two years after a bungee jump on national TV scuppered her fraudulent personal injury claim.
Eight men sentenced after CCTV footage exposes crash for cash
Eight men have been sentence for staging a bus crash and faking injuries after CCTV footage showed the alleged accident to be orchestrated.
Commercial Legal adopts 'lie detector'-type technology in claims process
Commercial Legal, part of the One Call Group has adopted lie detector technology within its claims operation.
This Month in Post: I met your new robot overlords
Chatbots are all the rage at present, but a cursory test of a few available systems shows that we’re still a long way from passing the Turing test.
Fraud Awards 2017: Winners and highly commended
The leading lights of the claims sector gathered at the Brewery in London on Thursday night to mark this year's fraud fighters.
Grenfell Tower insurer rejects two fraudulent claims
Exclusive: The insurer of Grenfell Tower has rejected two fraudulent claims over the fire, and paid out five others.
Fraudsters sentenced for 'grossly exaggerated' injury claims
Two men have been sentenced for fraud after making “grossly exaggerated” injury claims worth over £80,000.
Research: Focus on fraud
What does a Greek merchant in 300BC delivering corn on a cargo ship have in common with nearly one-tenth of today’s UK population? The answer is insurance fraud. Michèle Bacchus takes a closer look.
Fraudster sentenced after admitting to making fraudulent claim against council
A fraudster has been sentenced to four months in prison after he admitted to submitting a false claims against Doncaster MBC.
Claims Club Blog: Cooperation can overcome conflict
There has been a long history of conflict between insurers and claimant lawyers. Shirley Woolham, chief operating officer at Minster Law, urges mutual understanding and cooperation.
Analysis: Arson: A burning issue
Only a small portion of arson cases are prosecuted, so perhaps it’s time for the insurance industry to take ownership of this issue, as it has with fraud
Week in Post: Cancelled flights, closed doors and canned ads
My dad was one of 400,000 passengers affected this week by air traffic control delays, bad weather and a backlog in employee holidays for the delay, which lead to budget airline Ryanair cancelling 50 flights a day for the next six weeks.