Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Specialty Risk Services Adds Director of Fraud Management
Oct 25 2005 // Specialty Risk Services LLC, a third-party property-casualty third administrator for workers’ compensation and general liability claims, has appointed Timothy Barry to director of Special Investigative Unit and Fraud...
Florida Dispatching Search-and-Rescue Officers to Areas Hit by Hurricane Wilma
Oct 24 2005 // More than 300 search-and-rescue officers are now fanning out over southwest Florida and are heading toward southeast Florida to assist in search and rescue efforts, according to Tom Gallagher, Florida’s State Fire...
IIM Planning Fraud Summit
Oct 24 2005 // The Insurance Institute of Michigan (IIM) and the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) are sponsoring a statewide summit on insurance fraud in Lansing on Dec. 1, 2005. The event will bring together representatives from...
Online Database Identifies Vehicles Damaged by Hurricanes
Oct 21 2005 // The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) has created an online database consisting of motor vehicles or boats affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita for the public to search in an effort to protect them from fraudulent...
Tip Helps Texas Mutual Bust Workers’ Comp Fraud Scam
Oct 20 2005 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that Thomas Whited of Bastrop pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. The Travis County 167th District Court sentenced Whited to a one-year suspended...
W. Va. Woman Charged With Fraud, Sold Fake Insurance Cards for $400
Oct 20 2005 // Martinsburg, W. Va. police have charged Barbara Lynn Gonzalez with making fake insurance cards and selling them to Hispanic residents, according to court records. Gonzalez has been charged with two felony counts of false...
California Insurance Commissioner Announces Anti-Fraud Guidelines
Oct 20 2005 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi has announced a new Special Investigative Unit (SIU) regulations for insurance carriers licensed to conduct business in California. The new regulations are a result of a...
Paint an Advertisement on Your Van to Avoid Theft? It May Work
Oct 19 2005 // The U.K. Company QuoteAVan specializes in offering cheap online van insurance quotes. “Vans” in the U.K. include all sorts of delivery and other light trucks, and QuoteAVan has come up with a novel way of...
Integrity Insurance Adds Identity Theft Education Program
Oct 18 2005 // Integrity Insurance of Appleton, Wis., is introducing a victim resolution and education program to aid its policyholders. The program, Integrity Identity Theft Services, is being offered in partnership with Identity Theft...
Summit in Houston to Address Heavy Equipment Theft
Oct 18 2005 // FBI-LEEDA and the National Equipment Register announced a free one-day regional summit in Houston designed to help equipment owners, insurers and law enforcement better combat heavy equipment theft. The Dec. 13 event will...
N.Y. Supt. Mills Calls for Tougher No-Fault Auto Fraud Laws
Oct 18 2005 // New York Superintendent of Insurance Howard Mills joined with Assemblyman Jeff Brown (R-Manlius) to call on the New York State Assembly to pass tougher no-fault auto insurance fraud legislation. The two called for...
Gubernatorial Hopefuls in New York: Spitzer vs. Weld
Oct 17 2005 // Part 2: Spitzer Stresses Enforcement as Key to Fair Competition New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer has made a name for himself exposing fraudulent and anti-competitive business practices in the securities, mutual fund...
Identity Theft Protection
Oct 17 2005 // Nuts & Bolts: Travelers personal lines, a member of St. Paul Travelers, has enhanced its identity theft protection program, including a new resolution service and expanded expense reimbursement coverage. A consumer...
California Insurance Commissioner Campaigns Against Fraud
Oct 17 2005 // California State Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi has launched a statewide campaign to warn consumers about scams involving fake insurance policies. The Department of Insurance has cracked several fraud cases in the...
Gubernatorial Hopefuls in New York: Spitzer vs. Weld
Oct 17 2005 // New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer has made a name for himself exposing fraudulent and anti-competitive business practices in the securities, mutual fund and insurance industries. Now he is running for governor in New...
South Dakota
Oct 17 2005 // S.D. Farm Couple Pleads Guilty to $1.3 Million Scheme: A Rapid City, S.D. couple has pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to conspiring to defraud the U.S. government out of more than $1.3 million in farm benefits. Connie...
FLORIDA
Oct 17 2005 // Former Agent Accused of Taking $92,000 Joel Berg, the former owner of J.B. Williams & Co. in Weston, Fla., and Seacoast Marine Insurance Inc. in Fort Lauderdale, was arrested for allegedly misappropriating more than...
As Motorcycle Theft Rates Soar, Survey Reveals Bikers’ Concern
Oct 17 2005 // With motorcycle theft rates climbing more than 55 percent and bike sales soaring at unprecedented rates, a survey of motorcycle owners revealed that a full 49 percent are concerned about bike theft and 84 percent believe...
California Insurance Commissioner Campaigns Against Fraud
Oct 17 2005 // California State Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi has launched a statewide campaign to warn consumers about scams involving fake insurance policies. The Department of Insurance has cracked several fraud cases in the...
Managing Co-Owner Dismissed
Oct 17 2005 // Man Fined For Workers’ Comp Fraud A San Diego County Superior Court judge has sentenced Kevin Vint, 50, of Del Mar, Calif., to three years formal probation for conspiracy to commit workers’ compensation...
