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Auto insurance fraud is a growing problem in Michigan. What is auto insurance fraud? It includes staged auto accidents and false claims of injury; false reports of stolen vehicles and billing for medical treatment never rendered. To deter this activity, there is legislation (House Bill 5701) that I support to create an Insurance Fraud Authority … Michigan Auto Insurance Fraud Cost $ 3 Billion Annually

According to the poll, conducted by Lansing-based Marketing Resource Group, at the request of the Michigan Insurance Fraud Awareness Coalition, of 600 registered voters statewide, 93 percent of respondents said insurance fraud causes everyone’s insurance premiums to increase. The survey also found:  92 percent of Michigan residents believe that insurance fraud is a serious or somewhat serious crime. … New poll finds that three-quarters of Michigan residents support the creation of a new organization to fund the investigation and prosecution of auto insurance fraud

Attorney Daniel Bernard of Vercruysse, Murray & Calzone, P.C. leads Sherlock Investigation’s annual deposition and testimonial training event.   Sherlock Investigations was very pleased to have thirty year veteran attorney Daniel Bernard lead the team of investigators through a variety of training exercises designed to hone their skills through the practical application of real cases. … Sherlock Employees Update Training

LANSING — Legislation signed by Gov. Rick Snyder Tuesday to crack down on individuals committing insurance fraud will help control auto insurance costs, according to a statewide insurance trade association. Public Act 39 of 2012, introduced by Sen. Virgil Smith of Detroit, outlaws the use of runners, cappers or steerers to fraudulently obtain insurance benefits. … Michigan Law Targets Insurance Fraud

Haverhill, Mass — Four firefighters will be suspended for five days after they were videotaped by a private investigator performing strenuous activities while out sick from their city jobs. The private eye videotaped the firefighters who called in sick in December and shows the firefighters moving furniture, climbing a ladder, and shoveling and plowing snow. … Firefighters Caught by PI

Houston is number 1 in Texas for the number of questionable insurance claims reported and number 4 in the nation for staged accidents. It is estimated that fraud cost the insurance industry more than $80 billion dollars a year.

Matthew Perrone has published an artilce on this topic through the Associated Press. Congressional investigators said Wednesday two-thirds of the U.S. health insurance industry used a faulty database that overcharged patients for seeing doctors outside their insurance network, costing Americans billions of dollars in inflated medical bills. The flawed database is operated by Ingenix, a … Use of faulty insurance data ‘pervasive’

The Coalition Against Insurance Fraud, the National Insurance Crime Bureau and other organizations oppose California’s plan to reclassify most insurance-related crimes from felonies to misdemeanors. In a joint letter to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, the groups said such crimes merit “serious consequences” and warned that reducing penalties could lure organized fraud groups to operate in the … Cali Groups Oppose Insurance Crime Reclassification

By Mike Cronin TRIBUNE-REVIEW Wednesday, January 2, 2008 So Allegheny County police accuse a McKeesport couple of swindling three car insurance companies out of roughly $20,000. Who cares? Everyone should, says Ralph Burnham, executive director of the Pennsylvania Insurance Fraud Prevention Authority. “It’s a crime we all pay for, because the losses incurred by insurance … Fraud increases average insurance bill $300