Fraud News – Page 8
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NewsClaims Excellence Awards finalist 2021 Q&A: Horwich Farrelly’s counter-fraud program expected to save insurers £18m
The winners will be revealed at a free virtual ceremony on 27 May 2021, but delegates need to register in advance
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NewsSide hustle spike causes motor claims concern - ThingCo
Delivery driving, in particular, carries a greater amount of risk than vehicles insured for social, domestic and pleasure purposes
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NewsFOIL weighs in on new regulatory framework for draft Online Safety Bill
Insurers should ’consider the application of the Bill to insured technology companies providing regulated services from outside the UK’
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NewsIFB inks landmark partnership with Shift Technology
The new system will be launched next year and will use artificial intelligence to mitigate the evolving fraud landscape
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NewsKatie Price’s ex-husband jailed over bogus car insurance claim
The insurer argued that he should be jailed for ’knowingly giving a false statement’
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NewsSpoof ‘click-to-dial’ ads for claims management companies rife
Insurers have been warning customers about the dangers of ‘click-to-dial’ spoof ads for years
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NewsAllianz reveals £65.8m worth of insurance fraud in 2020
Cavity wall insulation claims remain a heavy focus for fraudsters
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NewsWhiplash reform rules are ‘cumbersome’ and reflect ‘a big change coming’ – Sabre
The insurer’s chief executive further believes policyholders may not reap the expected premium discounts following the implementation of part one of the whiplash reforms this May
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News360Globalnet warns UK motor insurers of unforeseen data ‘quicksand’ from OIC portal
The insurtech has warned that free text data entry in the new Official Injury Claim portal could lead to insurers being overwhelmed by data
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NewsRevealed: Claims Excellence Awards finalists 2021
A record number of entries across 18 categories have made it onto the shortlist for Insurance Times’s Claims Excellence Awards this year – did your firm make the cut?
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NewsBroker Direct and Proficient Insurance roll out data channel to support vehicle repairer networks
The pair’s long-term focus is to push more messages automatically to customers, to avoid policyholders having to proactively log in online or make a call
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NewsPrevisico and Zurich to plug flood risk for big corporate customers
Surface flood water has been deemed the ‘biggest risk’ in the UK, affecting three million people
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NewsDAC Beachcroft saves Aviva more than £12m in 2020 by identifying fraudulent motor claims
2020 also saw ‘significant changes’ in the types of motor claims fraud
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News‘Bad behaviours’ have crept back into credit hire sector – Kirsty McKno
With part two of the whiplash reforms coming back into focus, the former CHO chair says the credit hire industry has ‘gone backwards’ and that ‘Covid has exacerbated’ the sector’s problems
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NewsFraudsters cause spike in motor insurance claims during 2020
Product manager warns that insurance firms need to be ‘alive’ to changes in fraud and ‘understand what lessons can be learned’ moving forward
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NewsDespite current ‘trickle’ of home working claims, fraud ‘inevitable’ – Clyde and Co
Panellists at March’s Fraud Charter event agreed that fraudulent claims linked to home working were ’inevitable’ and that the rise in spoofing needs to be dealt with, either by the CMA or the Online Harms Bill
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NewsFormer CHO chair launches credit hire company to turn sector ‘on its head’
Kirsty McKno says ‘it’s perfect timing’ for a new player to shake up the credit hire sector as currently, the market is ‘broken’ and ‘full of friction’
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NewsInsurers must change their approach to fraud post-whiplash reform - Kennedys
Despite the reforms’ intention of reducing fraud, law firm partner believes the threat of fraudulent claims will remain the same after 31 May
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NewsCovid-19 pandemic sees opportunistic fraud increase
At Insurance Time’s first Fraud Charter roundtable of the year, held virtually, delegates pointed out that opportunistic fraud has risen, for example via scams such as door knocking
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NewsCovid-19 pandemic creates new cyber threats
A recent Insurance Times webinar, sponsored by CGI, took a look at the evolving cyber threats arising in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic
