Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Ohio Schedules 2007 Insurance Fraud Seminar
Feb 20 2007 // The 2007 Ohio Insurance Fraud Seminar will be conducted Thursday, March 15 at Quest Conference Centers, located at 8405 Pulsar Place in Columbus. The hosts are the Ohio Department of Insurance, the Ohio Chapter of the...
Marsh UK Launches New “Fraud & Crime” Coverage
Feb 16 2007 // Marsh UK announced that it has “developed a pioneering new product addressing the fraud and crime risks faced by financial institutions.” Describing the coverage as “the only product of its kind,”...
Suspected Ark. Insurance Fraud Ringleader Turns Himself In
Feb 15 2007 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Julie Benafield Bowman announced suspected insurance fraud ringleader, Frederick Watson, turned himself in to Little Rock Police on Feb. 13, 2007. Watson is alleged to have masterminded a...
W.Va. Man Indicted on Felony Count of Insurance Fraud
Feb 13 2007 // West Virginbia’s Marion County Prosecutor’s Office and the Office of the Insurance Commissioner’s Fraud Unit indicted Foster Glen Carnes of Marion County earlier this month on one felony count of filing a...
Auto fraud crackdown benefits Mass. urban insureds
Feb 12 2007 // High-profile crackdowns on auto insurance fraud have resulted in dramatic savings for drivers in some Massachusetts communities. The statewide average premium is scheduled to drop by nearly 12 percent on April 1, but...
Declarations
Feb 12 2007 // Government secrecy “It’s another nail in the coffin of open government.” Rep. Marc Feinstein, D-Sioux Falls, reacting to a measure that passed the South Dakota House that would close the driving records...
Calif. commissioner to examine broker disclosure, workers’ comp issues
Feb 12 2007 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner may have three major priorities for his office — to make his office non-partisan, to fight insurance fraud and to prepare the state for the next major disaster —...
Auto fraud crackdown benefits Mass. urban insureds
Feb 11 2007 // High-profile crackdowns on auto insurance fraud have resulted in dramatic savings for drivers in some Massachusetts communities. The statewide average premium is scheduled to drop by nearly 12 percent on April 1, but...
News Currents
Feb 11 2007 // Calif. commissioner to examine broker disclosure, workers’ comp issues California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner may have three major priorities for his office — to make his office non-partisan, to fight...
Fla. Charges 2 Insurance Brokers, 1 Other in Major Workers’ Comp Fraud
Feb 9 2007 // Three Floridians including two insurance brokers have been charged with fraud and conspiracy for allegedly providing hundreds of workers with falsified workers’ compensation insurance certificates to more than 300...
Bakersfield Businesswoman Charged with Fraud
Feb 9 2007 // A Bakersfield, Calif., businesswoman and two accomplices have been arrested in California on a list of charges stemming from a variety of alleged fraud. Shawn Dodd, 40, is charged with four felony counts of insurance...
Indiana Insurance, LoJack Offer Anti-theft Devices to Construction Customers
Feb 9 2007 // Indiana Insurance, a member of the Liberty Mutual Group, has partnered with LoJack Corp., which is making its LoJack for Construction Equipment police-operated vehicle recovery systems available to construction customers...
N.J. Man Indicted on Arson Again, Officials Say
Feb 8 2007 // An Atlantic County man previously convicted of insurance fraud has been named in a new state grand jury indictment charging him with arson, according to New Jersey Attorney General Stuart Rabner and Criminal Justice...
Ohio State Auto Offers Reimbursement when Anti-theft Devise Installed
Feb 8 2007 // The State Auto Insurance Cos., a regional property and casualty insurance group, has announced enhanced coverage for customers who have installed technology that can help quickly recover stolen vehicles or equipment. State...
Texas Harvester Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Feb 8 2007 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that Patricia Chavez of Sabinal, Texas pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. The Travis County 390th Judicial District Court sentenced Chavez to three...
Four Arrested in N.C., One Wanted; All Accused of Major Insurance Fraud Ring
Feb 7 2007 // North Carolina Officials arrested four Anson and Richmond County residents accused in an extensive insurance fraud ring. The accused were investigated for allegedly filing fraudulent insurance claims and altering police...
Ariz. Senate Votes to Require Affidavits for Auto Theft Reports
Feb 7 2007 // Approving a measure aimed at helping to curb insurance fraud, the Arizona Senate voted to require that a person reporting an auto theft also present police with a signed affidavit. The Senate approved the bill (SB1043) on...
Sixth Person Charged in Alleged Okla. ID Theft Crime Ring
Feb 6 2007 // A sixth person has been charged in Oklahoma in an investigation of an alleged identity theft crime ring, according to the office of Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson’s office. Scott Richard Poor, 50, was...
D.C. Man Sentenced for FEMA Hurricane Relief Fraud Scheme
Feb 6 2007 // Jeffrey Alan Rothschild, 59, also known as Jeffrey Zahler, has been sentenced to 102 months in prison in connection with a scheme to defraud the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) of more than $100,000 in relief...
Mich. Auto Insurance Rates Fall in 2006
Feb 5 2007 // Auto insurance rates offered by the state’s top ten insurance companies dropped an average of 2 percent last year, according to the Insurance Institute of Michigan. “Michigan has hundreds of insurance companies...
