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Hastings Direct convict fraudster
Former police detectives now working for Hastings Direct have used forensics information to help convict a 41 year old teacher of insurance fraud.
After a...
IFED: multiple arrests in first week
The Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department hit the ground running in their debut week, making their first arrest on Tuesday afternoon on a fraudster in...
IFB : new Supervisory and Technical Board
The IFB today announced the members of the newly structured Supervisory and Technical Boards. The new structure is a part of its recently agreed...
IFB : three year strategy announced
The Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB) released details of the action plan designed to deliver their new strategy and supporting financial investment required in the...
Swinton is the first broker to join the IFB
The Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB) announces that Swinton has agreed to become affiliated to the IFB. Swinton is the first company to take advantage...
IFB : launch of a web-portal service for Industry Partners
The IFB has been deploying its upgraded analytical software, NetReveal from Detica, which has included partnering with Detica to build a unique web-portal service. ...
IFB : Q2 statistics for ‘Crash for Cash’ hot spots released
With the IFB’s analytical software, 128 million insurance records were analysed to identify and produce the league table of regional hotspots for ‘crash for...
ABI : insurance fraud up 9 per cent
Figures from the Association of British Insurers show that detected insurance frauds have more than doubled in the last five years.
The figures highlight that...
IFB : continues to strengthen teams
The Insurance Fraud Bureau welcomes three new members to its team. Katie Hill joins as an Intelligence Researcher, Chris Hamley as a Fraud Analyst...
Appointment : Natalie Ball is IFB new Lead Fraud Analyst
The Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB) has appointed Natalie Ball as Lead Fraud Analyst, a newly created position within the team. Natalie will be responsible...
IFB : guilty of faking his death
Anthony McErlean, aged 66, of Swarling Hill Road, Petham, Canterbury, had been charged with fraudulently making a claim to ACE European insurance to claim...
IFB : codename operation Exhort, a five year investigation
A five year investigation by Bedfordshire Police into a major insurance fraud by an organised criminal enterprise based in Luton has finally concluded with...
IFB expansion plans
The IFB is responding to market appetite for its services and growth in the number of industry customers it works with, by increasing its...
New arrests in insurance fraud investigation
Four people were arrested today as part of an investigation into organised crime in the north east region.
Those arrested are suspected of being involved...
Eleven charged with ‘cash for crash plot’
Eleven people appeared in court on Monday (January 24) charged in connection with an alleged "cash for crash" conspiracy.
Following a joint police operation between...
Metropolitan Police and IFB Disrupt Illegal Insurance Advisers
Officers from the Metropolitan Police yesterday, 5 January, arrested a 31-year-old man on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud and money laundering offences.
The Fraud Squad...
Insurance Fraud Bureau appoints LV= fraud consultant on secondment
The IFB today announced that Chris Lovett, a consultant from the LV= Financial Crime Unit, who has been with the company for three years,...
Insurance Fraud Bureau warns that insurers are clamping down on fronted insurance policies
The Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB) reports its analysis has identified over 17,200 motor insurance policies displaying signs indicative of policy fronting. The IFB has...
Ghost brokers : IFB reports 3 individuals charged with fraud
Today, the IFB reports, three individuals - a man and a woman from Kent and a man from West London have been charged with...
Fraud : professionals charged in connection with multi-million pound insurance fraud scam
The IFB today reports a further two individuals in the legal and medical professions have been charged as a part of an ongoing joint...
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