Social marketing: tackling small-time crime
Social marketing is an effective fraud deterrent for consumers who commit “small crimes” of insurance fraud. It’s capable of arming state fraud bureaus with a needed tool to reduce the billions of dollars in fraud losses a year. By Ralph W. Burnham
Fraud bureaus show resilience as resources dwindle
State insurance fraud bureaus are facing a difficult period, with
many units shedding jobs and losing budget money. Their investigative resources thus are being stretched thinner. By Dennis Jay
Deducting fraudulent waivers of deductibles Insurers face potentially significant risks of loss from fraudulent
and tortious waivers of insurance deductibles and co-payments.
Auto-body shops and roofers are among the leading offenders.
By Brian Stimson and Matt Montaigne
Laws solicit jail for soliciting crash fraud Auto insurers face huge losses to fake injury claims stemming from staged and real car crashes. So-called runners (or recruiters) play a key role in luring real and bogus crash victims to shady clinics for illicit treatment. By Howard Goldblatt
TrendWatch: new developments about fraud in America
Court decisions are helping and potentially hindering fraud fighters...New research shows that medical ID theft is alive and well...Communicators need to gear their anti-fraud messaging to mobile-phone users. By Coalition Staff
Journal of Insurance Fraud in America is published quarterly and distributed to key decisionmakers in industry, government, consumer advocacy and academia. © 2012, The Coalition Against Insurance Fraud, Inc. Download the latest issue. View author guidelines for this publication.
Coalition Against Insurance Fraud, Inc.
1012 14th St., N.W., Suite 200
Washington, D.C. 20005
