Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB)
E-commerce: Commercial market struggles to meet fraud prevention demand
As the capacity for online small to medium-sized enterprise (SME) trading increases, the commercial insurance market continues to lag behind in fraud prevention, according to APC underwriting director, Ian Russell.
News review: January 2011
Groupama announced its plans to transfer the Liverpool and Glasgow-based commercial motor accounts of broker Choice Quote to its sister business Bollington, as part of a restructure of its GUK Broking Services arm.
Groupama appoints IFB analyst as counter fraud investigator
Groupama Insurances has appointed Marc Yeates in the role of counter fraud claims advisor.
'Ghost brokers' charged with motor insurance fraud
Three individuals - a man and woman from Kent and a man from west London - have been charged with motor insurance fraud, tax fraud and money laundering with offences totalling £500,000.
"Ghost" brokers charged with offences totalling £500,000
Three individuals - a man and a woman from Kent and a man from West London - have been charged with motor insurance fraud, tax fraud and money laundering with offences totalling £500,000.
Viewpoint: Time to put things right
With poor motor results continuously dismissed as being due to external factors, David Vine asks why insurers choose to ignore the evidence that would enable accurate pricing and, in turn, profit.
Police seize £150,00 from crash for cash criminal
Police have confiscated £150,000 from a man at the centre of a car crash scam in Keighley, Bradford.
News review: August
Axa Insurance customer experience director, Paul Meehan, expressed interest in filling the senior management vacancy in the company's commercial division.
IFB meeting expected to move CUE plans forward
The Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB) is confident it will move a step closer to creating a Claims Underwriting Exchange (CUE) travel database following its latest member meeting.
Birmingham exposed as worst 'crash for cash' area
Birmingham has topped the Insurance Fraud Bureau's (IFB) top 20 league table of crash for cash hotspots in Q2 2010.
Four men sentenced for role in claims fraud
Two men have been sentenced to a total of 30 month’s imprisonment for defrauding insurance companies as part of Operation Flash, a joint effort between the Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB) and Lancashire Constabulary.
Claims Underwriting Exchange challenged by competitor database
A new database that permits claims data sharing while protecting commercially sensitive information could challenge the position of the Claims Underwriting Exchange (CUE).
Allianz establishes specialist team to identify fraud
In what it claims is an insurance industry first, Allianz has established a specialist casualty claims validation team, which it predicts could identify up to £15m of fraud next year.
Three arrested in cash for crash operation
Durham Constabulary’s Serious and Organised Crime Group has arrested three men as part of an ongoing major investigation into organised criminals believed to be involved in ‘crash for cash’ activities.
Markerstudy joins IFB
Markerstudy Insurance Company, a division of Markerstudy Group, has become the latest company to join the Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB).
IFB and MIB join forces to fight fraud
The Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB) has entered into an agreement with the Motor Insurers' Bureau (MIB) for support services.
IFB enhances fraud awareness
The Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB) has seen website and Cheatline figures rise significantly during 2009 following a rise in public awareness.
Market moves: A monthly look at who is moving where
Neil Cook has joined Equity & General Insurance Services, based in Rugby. He will adopt the role of specialist risk negotiator and head up his own team focusing on placing complex commercial and household risks. He will deal with clients that have faced…
IFB's Sue Jones to join LV
Sue Jones, head of unit at the Insurance Fraud Bureau, to become head of group financial crime at LV
'Crash for cash' gang jailed for a total of more than 11 years
John Beadle, chairman of the Insurance Fraud Bureau, heralds the outcome of the investigation
'Crash for cash' criminal jailed
It follows an investigation by the Insurance Fraud Bureau
Operation Flash leads to six arrests for alleged fraud
Lancashire police and the IFB join forces in two year investigation