NICB warns consumers to prepare now for upcoming storm season
With the spring storm season approaching, the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) and its 1,100 member insurance companies are urging consumers...
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Young blogger warns readers about becoming auto rate evaders
Insurance fraud. Sounds intense, right? Exaggerating numbers, false identities, court houses, laser beams, James Bond—fraud is the big time, people. But,...
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Attorney General in New York named “Prosecutor of the Year”
Cited for an aggressive campaign to counter auto and healthcare insurance fraud scams, the Office of Attorney General in New York...
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“Don’t be a but …” outreach campaign launched in Pennsylvania
We usually don’t think of insurance fraud as a “teenage crime”, but fraud is also being committed by younger drivers. Now,...
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Medicaid phone scammers reported in North Dakota
A woman called the Valley News Live Whistleblower Hotline, upset over dozens of phone calls she gets from people claiming to...
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Five dental scams that can put a bite on you
Going to the dentist involves a certain amount of trust. In a way, it’s not that different from taking your car...
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Consumers in California warned about staged car crashes
We spend a lot of time discussing phone scams in this space each week, and for good reason — phone swindlers...
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Worst insurance fraud cases of 2014 profiled by the Coalition
You Can’t Make This Stuff Up: The Worst Cases of Insurance Fraud in 2014 Financial losses due to insurance fraud cost...
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Old-fashioned telemarketing scams still popular in the digital age
With fraud costing insurers and consumers an estimated $80 billion a year, it’s easy to see why so many scammers are...
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Nevada AG warns drivers to watch out for staged crashers
Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto warns consumers to be aware of staged automobile accidents, which are intentionally created in order...
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