Global insurance trends

Tradeshift Teams Up With SiS-ID on Payments Fraud Project

Tradeshift, the leader in supply chain payments and marketplaces, and fraud protection specialist SiS-id, have announced an app integration partnership designed to significantly reduce the risk and costs associated with payments fraud. The My SiS-id […]

News

The Rise of Alexa/Cortana Also Means Increasing Voice-Related Fraud

We are all buying home gadgets that respond to voice activated commands, like the Google Mini, Amazon’s Alexa and Microsoft’s Cortana. But could such devices be used to test the data security of insurance companies […]

Fraud

Fraud: Horwich Farrelly Helps Bring Dodgy Pastor to Book

 Pastor Stephen Olayinka from Luton was found guilty of contempt of court for making false statements in relation to a personal injury claim insurance claim.  He was sentenced to a three-month custodial sentence and ordered […]

Legal

Fraud: Footballer’s Dodgy Claim Wins Him a Red Card

Semi-professional footballer Richard (Richie) Allen, aged 37, has scored a spectacular own goal after a court ruled he made a dishonest claim for whiplash following a car accident. Horwich Farrelly, the leading specialist insurance law […]

Opinion

Insurance Gravy Train is Destroying An Entire Way of Life in Ireland

The latest from the Editor’s keyboard; The insurance tragedy that is unfolding across Ireland, as businesses close down, events are cancelled and people are forced out of jobs because they cannot insure a car and […]

News

Legal: Horwich Farrelly & Zurich Nail Wannabe Fraudster for Contempt

Horwich Farrelly, leading specialist insurance law firm, has worked with Zurich to defend a fraudulent claim against Cardiff Council in a road traffic accident case involving a ‘phantom passenger’. Michael Falkingham, age 31 from Llanishen, […]

News

Fraud: Horwich Farrelly Helps Secure Conviction of Bus Claim Scamster

Leading public transport operator First Bus working with leading insurance industry law firm, Horwich Farrelly, has successfully secured the conviction of a fraudster who claimed to have been severely injured when a bus collided with his […]

Insurance claims

Insurance Fraud in Decline, Says New Research From Aviva

The value of fraudulent claims detected by the UK’s largest insurer has fallen. Aviva detected £80m worth of suspect or proven fraudulent insurance claims in 2018, down 11% (£10m) from 2017. The scale of insurance […]