NU Online News Service, Aug. 24, 3:32 p.m. EDT
WASHINGTON--Insurance crime experts are warning that "slip and fall" claims are soaring, and as a result, such claims are coming under greater scrutiny for potential fraud by both insurers and investigators.
The Des Plaines, Ill.-based National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) said today that an analysis of questionable slip and fall claims submitted by NICB member companies showed a 57 percent increase in the number of referrals over the past two and a half years.
That has led the NICB to increase its focus on commercial fraud, with slip and fall and workers' compensation fraud cases being priorities for many NICB member companies, according to Joe Wehrle, NICB president and chief executive officer.
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