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The fight against fraud

“Fundamental dishonesty” and other measures, outlined by Denise Brosnan

  • Organised fraud is on the increase within the public sector.
  • Among the recommendations in the Insurance Fraud Taskforce’s report published in January was the belief that more effective action should be taken against fraudulent solicitors.

Local authorities, like many other public bodies and insurers, are facing ever-increasing levels of fraudulent activity.

Organised fraud is on the increase within the public sector and with the advent of the Enterprise Act we have seen Public Liability claims take the lead, ahead of Employment Liability claims, as far as fraudulent claims are concerned. Tighter regulation and legislation against motor fraud has also led to increased fraudulent activity in EL and PL claims.

Among the recommendations in the Insurance Fraud Taskforce’s (IFT) report published in January was the belief that more effective action should be taken against fraudulent solicitors with steps being proposed to tackle the issue of claimant firms bringing claims without proper instructions. Insurance claims tend to be more and more about the enablers, the ancilliary

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