Insurance claims

How To Save Paying Out £12m On Bogus Claims

DAC Beachcroft’s counter fraud team helped Aviva Insurance avoid paying out over £12m last year on fraudulent motor claims, which would otherwise have impacted premiums for the insurer’s genuine customers. The DACB motor fraud team […]

Insurance Brokers

No, HMRC Has NOT Got a refund of £477.28 For You

Research conducted by NFU Mutual, a significant commercial insurer, has revealed that nearly two thirds of respondents (62%) believe the number of phishing emails they receive has increased in the last year. Twenty percent thought […]

News

Cyber Risk: Nominet Suspends 22,000 Dodgy Domains

Responsible for running and keeping the .UK internet infrastructure secure, Nominet has today published its update on .UK domains suspended for criminal activity over the 12 months to October 2020. Nominet suspends domains following notification from […]

Opinion

The Interview: Global Fraud Summit Reveals Interesting Trends

Insurance Edge caught up with Dennis Toomey, Global Director for Counter Fraud Analytics at BAE Systems, to get the lowdown on the Global Insurance Fraud Summit, which took place virtually over 4 days recently. IE; […]

News

Resilience First Panel Sees Rise in Online Fraud

The Covid-19 global pandemic has created new opportunities for economic crime and has highlighted the need for better funded and co-ordinated action against organised crime gangs (OCGs) engaged in fraud. This was the conclusion of […]

Fraud

Charles Taylor Featured on BBC’s Claimed & Shamed

A new series of BBC One’s popular Claimed and Shamed is to follow the progress of several fraudulent insurance claims with fraud specialist Simon Cook, Head of Special Investigation Services at Charles Taylor Technical Services, […]

Fraud

Fraud: Thomas Miller Launches Fairlead Group Platform

The US arm of Thomas Miller, the international provider of market leading insurance, professional and investment services, has announced the launch of the Fairlead Group, a web-based platform which provides end-to-end management of the private […]