NU Online News Service, March 22, 1:18 p.m. EDT

Insurance fraud-related convictions increased by 24 percent last year in New York State, the State Insurance Department's Fraud Bureau reported.

The spike in New York figures were called "significant" by Coalition Against Insurance Fraud Communications director Jim Quiggle who e-mailed that the tally "speaks to endgame convictions, which can be slow and hard to obtain, not solely case referrals or arrests that can quickly pile up."

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