Investigative & Forensics

Welcome to the unwelcome world of America's biggest insurance mea-culprits. These are the Barons of Bleak, all dishonored for this year's Insurance Fraud Hall of Shame.

In a perfect world, lost business income would be a straightforward calculation upon which the insured and the insurer would agree.

After a year-long investigation in San Diego, Calif., detectives have made eight arrests and dismantled a staged auto collision ring.

The insurance industry was the second most fraud-prone industry sector behind communications, according to a global economic crime survey released last week by PricewaterhouseCoopers.

A New York man has been arraigned on charges that he altered a home heating-oil receipt to support a $20,000 insurance claim for damages to his home.

When coupled with predictive modeling, risk analytics provides insurers with rapid access to the information needed to better manage the overall claim process and identify and understand risk.

Wanda Nichols Covington, 36, and her brother, Thomas Nichols, Jr., 32, share a tighter bond than most brothers and sisters -- the bond of felony charges.

Fraud around the States.