Insurance Regulation

FCA Steps Up Action Against Misleading Financial Products Advertising

Get rich quick schemes are all over social media, often with a celeb picture plastered across the top. From crypto coins to drop shipping scams, carbon offsetting to fake insurance policies, the dodgy ads are […]

Insurance claims

Scams: Spoof Ads Can Cost Consumers Thousands

This a useful warning from the IFB although ad spoofing is nothing new, and tech companies especially Google, seem unable to resolve the issue of websites pretending to be other companies or government departments. Here’s […]

Legal

Case Reports: Carpet Fitter Laid It On Thick, Failed To Claim 600K

This case report from Admiral is worth reading, if only to note the willingness of would-be claimants to challenge expert witnesses and play the victim card, which is all too frequent in modern society. HF, […]

Legal

Alleged Insurance Fraudsters Prosecuted in California

The latest news from California for you; Three Southern California residents were arrested recently after a joint investigation with the California Department of Insurance and the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office found one of […]

Insurance claims

Sprout Research Identifies 65% Spike in Attempted Insurance Fraud

Following on from the news earlier about online fraud in Norway in Sweden, this release from Sprout also suggests that attempted fraud is on the rise in the UK too. Here’s the word; Research from […]

Legal

Crime File: Repeat Insurance Fraudster Gets 20 Months Jail Time

In a case which surely highlights that prison doesn’t really work for some individuals, the City of London Police have issued the latest case report. Here’s the word on busy Chorley boy Joel, who had […]