Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Insurer Group Assists Auto Theft Prevention Efforts in SE Texas
May 6 2009 // The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) announced it has joined with the Texas Auto Burglary and Theft Prevention Authority in a crime prevention campaign aimed at preventing auto thefts and auto burglaries in southeast...
New Orleans Area Agent Accused of Filing Fraudulent Claim
May 6 2009 // A New Orleans area insurance agent has been served with a civil fine notice and license suspension for allegedly filing a fraudulent stolen vehicle claim with his insurer, the Louisiana Department of Insurance...
Nebraska Adds Engel as Insurance Fraud Investigator
May 5 2009 // The Nebraska Department of Insurance announced that Mike Engel will begin employment as an insurance fraud investigator on May 13. Engel comes to the Division with 30 years experience with the Lincoln Police Department.
Crime Warp: Recession Driving a Rise in Vehicle Give-Ups
May 4 2009 // As America’s economy slogs through this once-in-a-generation recession, stressed-out consumers are literally being driven to desperation. Growing numbers of drivers are illegally dumping their vehicles for insurance...
Agents Can Help Fight Insurance Fraud
May 4 2009 // Employee Background Checks Essential Insurance agents can play a big role in helping states to fight insurance fraud. In fact, because they are on the front lines of insurance transactions, agents might see and hear things...
California Remains Top Spot for Vehicle Thefts
May 4 2009 // The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) reported that 2008 marked the nation’s fifth consecutive year of declining vehicle thefts in the United States. Although most areas experienced a reduction in vehicle theft,...
As Credit Scores Fall, Criticism of Insurers’ Credit Scoring Rises
May 4 2009 // Consumer Advocates Focus on How Insurers Treat Insureds in Difficult Economic, Credit Climate With consumers’ credit scores dropping as lenders tighten credit terms, insurance consumer advocates are stepping up their...
Nevada Lawmakers Discuss Identity Theft Prevention Plan
May 1 2009 // A Nevada Senate panel was urged to support an Assembly-approved plan that would help prevent identity theft by making less credit card information available on printed receipts. AB389 would prohibit printing more than the...
Katrina Fraud Allegations Against Mississippi Mayor Detailed
May 1 2009 // Gulfport, Mississippi Mayor Brent Warr, the highest-ranking public official charged with Hurricane Katrina fraud, made numerous false statements about the living arrangements of his family and a beachfront home damaged by...
Pennsylvania Ex-Judge in Federal Prison for Insurance Fraud
May 1 2009 // An ex-judge for the Pennsylvania Superior Court has begun serving his 46-month sentence for insurance fraud at a minimum-security federal prison in West Virginia. Online federal prison record confirm that former judge...
Defendant in General Reinsurance, AIG Fraud Faces Sentencing
Apr 28 2009 // A former General Re senior vice president faces sentencing for his role in an accounting fraud scandal that artificially inflated the stock price of insurer American International Group Inc. Robert Graham is scheduled to...
Ohio Man Pleads Guilty on 3 Counts in Insurance Fraud Case
Apr 24 2009 // Ohio Department of Insurance Director Mary Jo Hudson announced that Huey Granderson of Millersport, Ohio, has pled guilty on three counts stemming from his involvement in a Fairfield County insurance fraud ring. Granderson...
Motorists Insurance Offers Tools to Address ID Theft, ‘Red Flag’ Rules
Apr 22 2009 // Columbus, Ohio-based Motorists Mutual Insurance Co. announced it is offering educational resources to commercial lines policyholders to help them comply with new federal regulations concerning data security and identity...
New York Made 160 Frauds Arrest in First 3 Months of the Year
Apr 22 2009 // The Insurance Frauds Bureau of New York State made 160 arrests for frauds-related crimes through the first three months of the year, according to new statistics released by the New York Insurance Department. The total...
Ohio Chiropractor Sentenced for Workers’ Compensation Fraud
Apr 21 2009 // A Cleveland, Ohio, chiropractor who has been under investigation by the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation’s (BWC) special investigations department (SID) has been sentenced after pleading guilty to...
Woman Sentenced in Western Pennsylvania Chiropractor’s Fraud
Apr 20 2009 // A North Carolina woman has been sentenced to two years in prison for helping a chiropractor in a $12 million kickback scheme that federal prosecutors called the largest health insurance fraud in western Pennsylvania...
National Advocacy Group Urges Maine to Fight Insurance Fraud
Apr 20 2009 // A national advocacy group is urging lawmakers in Maine to create an insurance fraud bureau. The Pine Tree State has the highest per-capita rate of insurance fraud in America, according to the Coalition Against Insurance...
Firm Charged With Fraud in Indiana Gets Off With Fines, Fees
Apr 20 2009 // The owner of a Florida-based repair company accused of faking hail damage to drum up business after a 2006 storm in Indiana agreed to $660 in fines and fees in return for dropped charges, prosecutors say. Indianapolis,...
Crime Warp: Recession Driving a Rise in Vehicle Give-Ups
Apr 20 2009 // As America’s economy slogs through this once-in-a-generation recession, stressed-out consumers are literally being driven to desperation. Growing numbers of drivers around the U.S. are illegally dumping their...
Agents Can Help Fight Insurance Fraud
Apr 16 2009 // Insurance agents can play a big role in helping states to fight insurance fraud. And with insurance fraud costing California alone $15 billion each year, or $500 per resident, the cost of which is eventually passed onto...
