Figures released on July 2nd 2012 by Hill Dickinson’s Fraud Unit illustrate a record year. The unit has experienced a 20% increase in instructions and has expanded its client base to include over 20 motor insurers.
Estimated total savings across the client base, for the year 2011-2012, are reported to exceed £100Million. Circa 80% of cases continue to be successfully settled with either reduced or no payments being made by Hill Dickinson’s clients.
In line with its expanding client base, the fraud team has grown and now totals over 200 staff. Recruitment has focused on bringing new talent into the unit and high profile additions to the management team. Stuart Smith, previously head of fraud at Weightmans, and Chris Hallet, previously senior fraud investigator at Zurich, have joined the team in recent months.
Peter Oakes, Head of Fraud at Hill Dickinson comments: “We are projecting a further 25% growth in instructions, fees and savings for the coming year and have a number of new initiatives to launch. Our latest service development, the new Mass Data Analysis function provided through our Netfoil database, has been implemented by numerous clients and is showing great results.”
