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Political Suicide, Outrageously Bad Parents and More: The Coalition Previews 2013 Fraud Hall of Shame

This year's inductees to the CAIF Fraud Hall of Shame lied, robbed, and even killed. Read about the congressman who lost it all and the arsonist who harmed his children and pregnant wife for insurance money.

By Christina Bramlet | Updated on December 04, 2013

Mere moments away from unsealing the highly anticipated list of 2013 inductees to the “Insurance Fraud Hall of Shame,” James Quiggle, director of communications at the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud (known as The Coalition), is divulging some of the year’s highlights, or low lights (as it were) in a PropertyCasualty360 exclusive.

The forthcoming list represents just one of many initiatives spearheaded by the Coalition to enhance public awareness and educate the industry about the heinous crime (and many variations) of insurance fraud, which siphoned an estimated $64 billion from U.S. p&c insurers last year. That number is expected to swell to $80 billion by 2015, according to Aite Group.

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