Investigative & Forensics

A Kentucky resident who worked as a claim supervisor has been charged with three felony counts of insurance fraud after allegedly filing false insurance claims in the names of clients.

Auto fraud can occur in many different forms, whether it involves vehicle cloning, owner give-up schemes, or inflated claims.

In an effort to help insurance companies curb fraud, the National Insurance Crime Bureau has created a database that will let car buyers search for unrecovered stolen cars before buying.

According to the California Department of Insurance (CDI), Norman Hugh Baker posed as a licensed public adjuster and conned eight homeowners out of almost $100,000.

A Brooklyn, N.Y. couple was awarded $1 million dollars after a Manhattan Supreme Court jury ruled in favor of their claim made to Allstate Insurance for damages to their home.

Claims Magazine and The National Underwriter Company are sponsoring this fraud symposium on October 25-26, 2007, at the Torrance Marriott in Torrance, Calif., for a reason.