Citing data that demonstrates notable increases in suspicious car fires, slip-and-falls, and hail-damage claims, the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) is supporting the notion that a poor economy is causing an increase in fraudulent insurance claims.
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Industry professionals who are currently out of work are by no means out of luck. The American Institute for CPCU and Insurance Institute of America (the Institutes) offers designation programs at half the cost.
Sixty-seven year old Edna Mancillas was more than just an aunt to her two nephews, Gilbert and Ricardo Blancas -- she was an accomplice in a terrifying staged auto theft scheme.
Claim professionals handling losses stemming from the recent Oklahoma wildfires might want to notify policyholders to heed a warning from California about opportunistic criminals posing as licensed contractors and public adjusters.
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It's well recognized that the insurance industry -- and claims, in particular -- can expect to encounter a myriad of issues related to the retirement of baby boomers.
A bill that sought to criminalize incentives that might be paid to claim handlers for denying claims in Colorado failed to make it out of the state's House of Representatives.