December 18, 2013
Questionable insurance claims rose by 38 percent in Texas from 2010 through 2012, the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) reports. Questionable claims (QC) are those claims that NICB member insurance companies refer to NICB for closer review and investigation based …
December 18, 2013
New York State’s questionable claims rose 29 percent from 2010 to 2012, while New Jersey’s questionable claims were up 63 percent during the same period, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB). The figures, published Wednesday, are based on …
December 17, 2013
Questionable claims in Massachusetts rose 57 percent from 2010 through 2012, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau’s (NICB) 2010-2012 Massachusetts questionable claims referral reason analysis. Questionable claims (QC) are those claims that NICB member insurance companies refer to NICB …
December 16, 2013
Questionable insurance claims in Michigan dropped by 38 percent from 2010 through 2012, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB). Questionable claims (QC) are those claims that NICB member insurance companies refer to NICB for closer review and investigation …
October 24, 2013
A report this month from the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) shows five of the top 10 states nationwide with the most reported heavy equipment thefts are from the Southeast region. In NICB’s “Equipment Theft Report,” published on Oct. 10, …
October 4, 2013
New York State is second in the nation, only behind California, for questionable workers’ compensation insurance claims. The Empire State jumped to the second place in 2012 from fifth in 2011, the New York Insurance Association noted. “Workers compensation insurance …
July 3, 2013
The National Insurance Crime Bureau released its report last week on a per capita review of vehicle thefts from the nation’s Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA). The report, based on 2012 data, shows that California continues to be a hotbed for …
May 1, 2013
Metal theft claims have risen 36 percent in the three years since January, 2010, according to an insurance research organization. The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) said it is seeing more evidence of pervasive metal theft—overwhelmingly copper—across the nation. The …
December 12, 2012
The National Insurance Crime Bureau(NICB) says progress is being made in identifying and removing thousands of vehicles damaged beyond repair by Superstorm Sandy.The estimate of 230,000 insurance claims for vehicle damage in the areas affected by Sandy remains unchanged at …
November 21, 2012
The Toyota Prius, the top selling hybrid electric vehicle in the U.S., has both an exceptionally low theft rate and a markedly high recovery rate. A comparison of car theft rates by model years shows that the 2008-2010 Prius had …