Latest Insurance fraud Stories

DES PLAINES, Ill., Nov. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) is extending its outreach to the over 246 million cell phone users in the United States by offering the TIP411 text-based fraud reporting system to the American public. TIP411 allows anyone with text messaging capabilities to text their anonymous tips related to insurance fraud or vehicle thefts directly to NICB. This will supplement our existing 1-800-TEL-NICB phone tip program and our website...

Team of 46 Federal health care fraud prosecutors and investigators in the Southern District of Florida have brought attention and awareness to the scope and magnitude of the health care fraud problem through aggressive prosecutorial action and innovative investigative models. Over 750 individuals charged; Hundreds of millions of health care dollars saved. ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association (NHCAA) is pleased to announce that...

Is New York's No-Fault Auto Insurance Crisis Returning? I.I.I. Analysis Finds Average Cost of No-Fault Claim Has Soared 56 Percent Since 2004 LATHAM, N.Y., Nov. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- New York's auto insurers saw their typical no-fault payment for the medical care of accident victims rise by 56 percent to $8,748 per claim in the second quarter of 2009. This represents a dramatic increase from late 2004, when the average no-fault payment stood at $5,615 per claim, according to an...

LIVONIA, Mich., Oct. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Today's breakfast and awards ceremony marked the 24th anniversary of H.E.A.T. (Help Eliminate Auto Thefts). Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson keynoted the anniversary event at The Westin Book Cadillac in Detroit before an audience of law enforcement personnel, insurance industry representatives and government officials. Since its inception in 1985, H.E.A.T., with its partners in law enforcement and the insurance industry, has helped lead...

LONDON, Sept. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- The Injury Lawyers (http://www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk/), the UK's leading personal injury claims lawyers, are warning that people involved in car insurance fraud run the risk of serious injury for themselves, with no compensation. The warning comes as the UK insurance industry warned that both the number of uninsured drivers, and the number committing insurance fraud, are rising steeply. Last month the Association of British Insurers (ABI) reported that...

DES PLAINES, Ill., Aug. 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Hot Wheels 2009, the National Insurance Crime Bureau's (NICB) companion study to its popular Hot Spots auto theft report, examines data reported to the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) and determines the vehicle make, model, and model year most reported stolen in 2008. See the full report at www.nicb.org. For 2008, the most stolen vehicles* in the nation were: 1. 1994 Honda Accord 2. 1995 Honda Civic 3. 1989 Toyota Camry 4....

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa., Aug. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- A recent report on CNN pointed out that only 40 pages of the more than 1,000-page House Healthcare Reform Bill addresses fraud, which by various estimates is a $75 billion to $300 billion a year problem. An article published in a recent issue of Health Plan Week reported that the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association's national anti-fraud department claimed that anti-fraud investigations in 2008 turned up $350 million in savings, a 43 percent...

LONGWOOD, Fla., Aug. 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Jeff Korte, former Major with the Florida Division of Insurance Fraud (DIF), has been named the Director of the Special Investigative Unit (SIU) for Litigation Solutions, LLC. Mr. Korte brings more than 28 years of law enforcement experience to Litigation Solutions, spending the past 20 years with the Florida Division of Insurance Fraud (DIF) where he retired as Major/Bureau Chief in 2008. During his tenure at DIF, Mr. Korte managed...

Effort aims to create a multilateral, co-operative approach in addressing the problem of health care fraud to make a positive contribution to the reduction of fraud-related losses in health care. WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association (NHCAA) today announced the signing of a formal Memorandum of Understanding with another like-minded organization -- The Health Insurance Counter Fraud Group UK. Both organizations share the common goal of...

Effort aims to create an international Network of health care counter fraud organizations and professionals and pursue a co-operative and collaborative approach to combating the problem of health care fraud. WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association (NHCAA) today announced the signing of a formal Memorandum of Understanding with two like-minded organizations--the Canadian Health Care Anti-fraud Association (CHCAA) and the European...