As everyone involved in the fight against auto insurance fraud in Michigan knows, Michigan first party or PIP fraud is one of the most prevalent and costly. Beyond the false casualty claims we find a number of other types of auto insurance fraud schemes that are also rampant and very harmful. Auto Premium Evasion: No … 6 Common Auto Insurance Fraud Schemes Other Than Fake Casualty Claims
Michigan Secretary of State Ruth Johnson assembled a panel to investigate ways to reduce auto insurance fraud in Michigan. The panel determined that the State should create a special authority devoted to targeting auto insurance fraud. This panel also recommended that the state insurance department should have expanded powers to penalize people operating as insurance agents … Special Authority Needed to Target Auto Insurance Fraud in Michigan
AAA of Michigan predicts that 34.7 million Americans are expected to travel for the Labor Day holiday. They also indicate that the number of Americans projected to travel at least 50 miles from home over the holiday weekend is 1.3% higher than last year. Michigan will see much of that traffic as visitors from out … More Holiday Travel Expected To Bring More Michigan Auto Accidents And More Fraud
The National Insurance Crime Bureau issues a ranking of the top cities for auto theft called the Hot Spot report. In the 2013 Hot Sort report issued last month, Michigan only had one city in the top 100. Surprise: It’s Detroit coming in at 23. The next closest Michigan city is Flint which came in … Detroit is Michigan’s Only City in Top 100 for Auto Theft Claims
Last month the Louisiana Attorney General’s office charged 20 personal care attendants with insurance fraud as part of Medicare fraud scheme. As more law enforcement attention is being focused on attendant care fraud within the scope of Medicare abuse, in PIP states like Michigan, attendant care fraud and abuse is an ever present part of … Costly fraud necessitates need for increase Michigan attendant care claims surveillance
After the harsh winter of 2014, everyone in Michigan is happy to be get outside and get back to living a normal life. This includes those who have file a an auto no-fault (pip) claim alleging they sustained injuries in an auto accident. Within that group, some are filing claims alleging they have injuries when … With Harsh Winter Over, Insurance Claims Surveillance in Michigan Helps Insurers
Although it is clearly a great term to use to get people excited about the possibility of some type of discriminatory insurance practices aimed at hurting residents of Detroit, the stark reality is that Detroit is hotbed of Michigan PIP Fraud, particularly in the areas of fraudulent auto no-fault casualty claims as well as auto … Redlining Accusations Don’t Reduce Real Michigan PIP Fraud Ongoing Daily in Detroit
Property claims fraud is often viewed as a small time or minor variety of insurance fraud. The policy holder inflates the value of this item a bit, adds one of two things to a stolen property claim; whats the harm in that? The reality is that this type of insurance fraud costs everyone to have … Property Claims Investigations Begin With Solid Interviews
With the improvement in Michigan’s weather and TV commercials for legal representation in first party auto claims at an all time high, smart carriers are increasing their use of Michigan PIP claims surveillance statewide with private investigators. In many instances, when a casualty PIP claim appears to be fraudulent or embellished in some way, carriers … Michigan PIP Claims Surveillance On The Rise This Summer
Lansing area NBC affiliate wilx.com reports on the damaged being caused by ever increasing number of fraudulent auto no-fault claims being submitted to Michigan insurance carriers. Of course, those cost are being passed on to the consumers in the form of even higher insurance premiums. Report by Hannah Saunders
As investigators dedicated full time to investigating potentially fraudulent claims, we have yet to get an assignment involving a deceased pet. In just such a case in Washington State a claimant reported his cat was killed in a 2009 auto accident and was seeking $ 20,000 in compensation. Unfortunately “his cat” was nothing more than a image on Google and … A Humorous Twist on the Usual Auto Liability Fraud Case