Social media websites can be helpful to fraud investigators, but some legal professionals, investigators, and other insurance company representatives may be deceiving suspects into giving up information posted on these sites.
Social networking adds a new tool to the investigator's arsenal that can effectively and efficiently detect workers' compensation fraud and reduce claims costs.
Social networking adds a new tool to the investigator's arsenal that can effectively and efficiently detect workers' compensation fraud and reduce claims costs.
You may have seen the pictures from a baseball game played last week by the Atlanta Braves and the Pittsburgh Pirates. The two teams went 19 innings and played for over six hours before the Braves won thanks to one of the more egregious umpiring calls in recent years.
Technology companies now are starting to develop “social business” platforms specifically designed for the office and loaded with applications aimed at aiding the bottom line. One of the first insurance companies to embrace a social-business platform is Warren, N.J.-based Chubb.
Almost half of Internet users age 16 and older—48 percent—are worried about companies checking their actions on the Internet, according to a recent survey by USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism as part of the Digital Future Project.
Amy Winehouse's botched Belgrade concert and subsequent tour cancellation last week is the latest in a long line of celebrities who have unintentionally brought insurance issues to the forefront of public interest.