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Insurance fraud is a new target for the Association of British Insurers, as a police specialty group has been set up to combat fraud and those who try to cheat insurance companies or individuals out of more money than they are entitled to. The crime of insurance fraud is thought to cost the government up to [...]  Yesterday a Scot admitted to faking his death in a 520,000 pound scam of his insurance company. Anthony McErlean was thought have met his death in Honduras after being run over by a cabbage truck in 2009. The sixty-seven year old was said to have been killed by a fake witness who claimed his body [...] One in 10 drivers in the UK have admitted to having committed insurance fraud by naming themselves as the main drivers on the insurance policies of their children’s cars. The practice, known in the car insurance industry as ‘fronting’, is illegal and risks invalidating an insurance policy, but a survey by moneysupermarket.com found that large sections [...] Fraud relating to property has increased so much that the Law Society has been forced to issue a warning. Householders are particularly worried about falling victim to this kind of crime and are willing to take any advice offered as to the prevention. The Law Society is advising homeowners to avoid any schemes or insurances [...] Alfredo Sanchez is the dumbest living dead man. He faked his death over insurmountable debts only to have his fingerprints lifted off the death certificate. The fraud was worth £1.25 million. So he sought the aid of his wife to scam the insurance company in order to skip out on paying his debt. Even his wife [...] Fraudulent insurance claims continue to increase across the UK. There have reportedly been 30,000 fraudulent insurance claims throughout the UK each year and it is expected that the number shall increase. Police are doing all that is possible to catch the gangs who stage fake accidents in order to profit from insurance payments. The worry is [...] |
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