28 August 2019

ABI reveals 2018 fraud cases and figures

A preacher, a rock guitarist pensioner and an award-winning hotelier were among the insurance fraudsters exposed last year, the Association...

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5 April 2019

Slip-and-trip fraudster falls foul of law

A slip-and-trip fraudster has been given a suspended jail sentence of 21 months for pretending to trip over a crate...

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4 April 2019

Where there’s a will, there’ll be fraudulent claims

The beginning of this month marked the transition of regulation of claims management companies (CMCs) to the Financial Conduct Authority...

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23 January 2019

Man who made fraudulent claims in friends’ names sentenced

A man has been sentenced after he used the personal details of his friends to make a series of fraudulent...

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17 December 2018

Crash-for-cash pair who ‘wasted’ emergency services’ time sentenced

Two insurance fraudsters have been sentenced for their roles in a crash-for-cash scheme that saw one of them cut from...

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10 October 2018

Unsuccessful insurance fraudsters sentenced and fined

Two men who worked in the insurance industry have been sentenced and fined for bribery and data protection offences. Aden...

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4 October 2018

Landlady who set fire to her own pub jailed for insurance fraud

A landlady has been sentenced to more than four years in prison for setting her own pub on fire and...

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22 August 2018

ABI reveals number of fraudulent claims and dishonest applications

More than half a million instances of insurance fraud were detected in 2017, amounting to one every minute last year,...

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