News

IFB Exploration Tool Helping the Fight Against Fraud

It isn’t just shoplifting or machete attacks, the UK is also seeing a huge rise in fraud attempts since Covid, partly fuelled by the mandatory switch to online services, rather than in-person transactions. Both public […]

News

CHO Signs Up Percayso Inform To Build New Platform

The Credit Hire Organisation (CHO), the trade body for the UK’s credit hire sector, has commissioned Percayso Inform to build a new anti-fraud platform for their members. Anthony Hughes, chairman and CEO of the CHO, […]

Opinion

Which Modelling Technique is Best For Fighting Motor Insurance Claims Fraud

Rob Bevington – Head of Data Science at Synectics Solutions, takes a look at the pros and cons of supervised and unsupervised learning. According to the Association of British Insurers (ABI) in 2021, 49,000 motor […]

Opinion

Data Can Help Achieve The ABI’s Aims on Insurance Fraud

Following on from the ABI’s comments earlier this week regarding insurance fraud, here are some insights from Kajal Vakas, Senior Vertical Market Manager Claims, at LexisNexis UK and Ireland.  Any method of fraud detection needs to find a balance […]

Insurance claims

Fraud Detection Sector Set For Expansion

Research from digital identity security specialists, ID Crypt Global, reveals that the fraud detection software industry has increased its market size by 55% 2020, but warns that growth is set to slow in the coming years. […]

InsureTech

All Courts in England & Wales Now on One Database

This is good news for any anti-fraud software platform, claims handling department, or claims management company. In theory, it could help automate various ID background checks at the point of quote or renewal. Here’s the […]